The flute shepherd

This is one of the three models (approximately 1/4 of the final size) that Gargallo presented, responding to the direct invitation of the Barcelona City Council, to opt for the ornamentation of the Plaza de Cataluña, promoted to conclude the very long, and as random as it is picturesque, the process of its creation. The three projects were accepted and officially commissioned, and the final monumental version of this was made in stone from Paris, although stone from Montjuich had initially been planned. Installed in the Plaza de Catalunya, in 1986 it was subjected to a cleaning and restoration process, which did not stop the progressive deterioration of the surface layers of the stone, as a consequence of environmental attacks, so it ended up being removed and replaced by a reproduction in order to safeguard the original work.