JOSÉ MARÍA CUASANTE (Burgos, 1945) BARCELONA Color print It shows with the colors of the sunset, a view of the city of Barcelona. It belongs to a set of 26 prints corresponding to the Cities collection, published by the Department of Culture of the City Council of Madrid in 1998 on the occasion of its appointment as Ibero-American capital of culture, in the same year. Each one accompanied by a poetic fragment of different Latin American writers. Signed and numbered 198/200 in pencil in the lower right corner. Framed with methacrylate. 44 x 34cm with frame. 33 x 22cm without frame Market estimate: 160-180€.

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