Casa Batlló Gaudí [antikvár]

Modern Constructions: «La pâtisserie Barcelone» Juan José Lahuerta ''?Qui us la fa la casa, en Domenech, en Gaudi 6 en Puigy Cadafalch?" [Who will build the house for you, Domenech, Gaudi or Puig i Cadafalch?] ask some shabbily-dressed characters to another elegantly attired man, perhaps overdressed, too much in fashion, a little dandified - the contrast is essential - in a caricature by Picarol appearing in La Esquella de la Torratxa in October 1905. His prudent reply - "Encare no estich ben decidit El que resulti premiat en el Concurs" [I am still not quite sure whoever wins the prize.] - refers, like the other jokes on the page, to "aixô del concurs de edificis y fatxadas" [all about the prize for buildings and facades], the annual prize awarded by Barcelona City Council for the best building constructed in the city, which had been won in its first edition, in 1899, for the Casa Calvet by Gaudi, and what was for the time being in fact, in 1905, the last edition, for the Casa Lleô Morera by Domenech i Montaner. Picarol, caricatures in La Esquella de la Torratxa, Barcelona, 13" of October 1905.