P0085

Fragment of a mural “Galeries Laietanes”

Ref Num.: P0085

Date: 1915

Typology: Painting

Technique: Tempera transferred to canvas

Dimensions: 102.2 x 59.5 cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Barcelona, Palau de la Virreina, Institut de Cultura

The Galeries Laietanes had a basement café, El Celler, where members of the noucentista group met. The owner Santiago Segura commissioned Xavier Nogués to paint the murals for the café. They were on a wine-related theme and were later removed by the restorer Ramon Gudiol. The series, which consists of 38 fragments, comprises almost all the murals, except for the large blue panel that was the centrepiece of the main room and some smaller fragments. They are now found in different collections. Caricature of a man in a big top hat with a bottle under an arch. This painting is owned by the MNAC (no. 42.438) and has been on permanent loan to the Palau de la Virreina – Institut de Cultura since 1991.

MNAC acquisition, 1947

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