Feb 24, 2022 - Sale 2596

Sale 2596 - Lot 34

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

PERE MONTANYÀ (DATES UNKNOWN)

REAL CLUB DE BARCELONA. 1909.


42x29 1/4 inches, 106 3/4x74 1/4 cm. Affiche Barral Herms, Barcelona.
Condition B / B-: extensive overpainting and restoration in margins; extensive repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in image.

Often misnamed, Pere Montanya "was associated with the Seix & Barral printing press since 1909 and created posters for automobile races, regattas, the first automobile expo in 1920 and advertisements for Freixenet champagne" (https://publicacions.iec.cat/repository/pdf/00000292/00000097.pdf). He made the promotional posters for the second (1909) and third (1910) editions of the Catalonia Cup. He also designed postage stamps in Barcelona and entered several poster contests for companies such as Heno de Pravia and Klein Tires.