Desk clock money box

In Barcelona in the first half of the 20th century, the Vitalicio bank made this type of tabletop piggy bank to encourage savings. Of course, it was necessary to introduce a daily coin to function as a clock. Inside a wooden case, the clock face has a metal mechanism that works with 2-peseta coins. Wood […]

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Sailboat

Brother of the landscape artist Josep Amat, he did architecture during the years that Lluís Domènech i Montaner was director. An outstanding draughtsman and watercolourist, and passionate about the sea and boats, he opted for marine themes, coastal landscapes, views of ports, boats and ships. After the Civil War he obtained a permit to study […]

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Olympian

Artist proof (P/A; P/A I; P/A II). These are the definitive prints that the artist himself made before printing the numbered edition, and they make up no more than 10% of the entire run. They are proofs sold by the artist, with his signature, and in some cases they are numbered using Roman numerals.

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