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künstler: Josep Maria Sert i Badia

titel: The Wedding of Camacho (from: Don Quijote)

jahr: 1931

adresse: Fundación Banco Santander, Sala de Arte de Boadilla del Monte, Madrid (formerly: Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Park Ave. 203, New York City, NY, USA)

+: 15 panels, height: 4,20 m, width: 1,50—6,40 m. Executed in Paris on canvas, then mounted. According to Albert Lutz (Zürich, 1981), Sert and his assistants used to produce his paintings there. The painting for the Waldorf-Astoria was the best paid mural of the decade. Removed and sold in 1973, the paintings are now in the property of Banco Santandér Art Collection, while the rest of the interior by Sert is lost.