Capital, Maricel Museum, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain

The fox and the bust, carved stone capital, 1917-20, by Pere Jou, 1891-1964, on the facade of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The female bust is a copy of a capital of the sacristy of the cathedral of Barcelona, and the capital was restored by Pere Jou after it was damaged by a truck in 1960. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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The fox and the bust, carved stone capital, 1917-20, by Pere Jou, 1891-1964, on the facade of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The female bust is a copy of a capital of the sacristy of the cathedral of Barcelona, and the capital was restored by Pere Jou after it was damaged by a truck in 1960. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen