Author: Arturo Colorado Castellary.
On Monday 13 November at 7 p.m., the book Arte y Caja de Reparaciones (Art and Repair Box), by Arturo Colorado Castellary, will be presented in the Auditorium of the Museo Nacional del Prado (access through the Jerónimos door -left-hand side).
Speakers at the event include Andrés Úbeda de los Cobos, Deputy Director of Conservation and Research at the Museo Nacional del Prado; Cristina Latorre Sancho, diplomat, Spanish Ambassador to Sweden and President of the Interministerial Commission for the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Spanish Republican Exile; Rafael Mateu De Ros, Doctor in Law and Art History. Ramón y Cajal Abogados. State Lawyer, and Arturo Colorado Castellary, Professor Emeritus of the UCM, author of the book. Please confirm attendance by emailing asanzl@anaya.es.
The Caja de Reparaciones (Reparations Fund) was the name given to all the assets requisitioned from the coup plotters with the aim of being able to deal with the losses that the war had caused the country. Most of these were of a financial nature, but the question is whether there were also items of patrimonial value, as has been shown. In fact, they had been handed over in 1938 to the Junta del Tesoro Artístico (Artistic Treasure Board), which was responsible for salvaging the country’s artistic heritage. The most important ones were evacuated at the end of the war to Geneva, to the headquarters of the League of Nations. At the beginning of 1939, Juan Negrín, foreseeing the worst, had given orders to start packing and sending the goods from the Caja de Reparaciones to Mexico to defray the costs of exile. This is the first part of the book. The second part focuses on the voyage of the yacht “Vita” to Mexico with goods mainly from the Caja de Reparaciones. Much has been written about this yacht, but there are also many unknowns, especially with regard to its cargo and whether it contained any assets of a patrimonial nature. The fact that it was Indalecio Prieto, in open belligerence with Negrín, who took possession of the yacht, further deepens the problem.
Pages: 256
Publisher: CÁTEDRA
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN: 9788437646145
RPP: 20,85 euros
