Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
The Spanish People Have a Path that Leads to a Star
Alternate Title:
El pueblo español tiene un camino que conduce a una estrella
Image View:
Statue, now erected outside the museum
Creator:
Alberto (Spanish sculptor, 1895-1962)
Location:
repository: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
Location Note:
52 Santa Isabel Street
GPS:
40.408889-3.694444
Date:
ca. 1936-1937 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Spanish
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
stone
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
12.5 m (height)
Subjects:
abstraction; Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France); Spain--History--Civi l War, 1936-1939
Description:
The work originally stood outside the Spanish Pavilion from the 1937 International Exhibition in Paris. The monolithic monument became part of the Museo Reina Sofía collection after it was found in storage at Barcelona’s Palace of Montjuic in 1986, along with other works from the Servicio de Protección del Patrimonio Artístico (Artistic Heritage Protection Service). Alberto gave the sculpture a "statement-title" to highlight, from a socialist point of view, the drama and pain suffered by a people involved in a Civil War. The work resembles an anthromorphic cactus, its surface grooved to resemble plowed earth. (Source: Museo Reina Sofia [website]; https://www.museorei nasofia.es/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
6A1-SANCHEZ-MRS-SRS- A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

The Spanish People Have a Path that Leads to a Star