PE0071

Illustration for “Papitu”

Ref Num.: PE0071

Date: 1911

Typology: Periodical

Technique: Photomechanical reproduction

Dimensions: –

Signed: Signed “Babel” bottom, left

Barcelona – Biblioteca de Catalunya

Papitu. Weekly magazine, Year IV, number 117, 22nd February 1911, Barcelona, p. 118.
Text:
– There’s no doubt about it, Mr Anton, for people from Madrid, the Sun will always be the Sun.
– Well, then let them go back to bed. We’ve known for a long time that it’s the moon.

The cartoon plays on the double meaning of the word “sol”: sun in Spanish and the central square in Madrid, the Puerta del Sol (Sun). It implies that Catalans see things differently.

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J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil and C. Vidal, Exposición Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palacio de la Virreina, March-April 1967, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, file 1.398, p. 108.