Barcelona's Sant Antoni market was completed in 1882. This finely decorated structure sells not only fresh food, but also clothing and other daily necessities. On Sundays, the market offers used books (and erotic books), video games, comic books, and movie posters to the most avid collectors.
Restoration work on the building began in 2007. In 2018, it returned to the public in a renewed form.
This painting depicts the building receiving maintenance treatment at the end of 2014, when it was in the midst of construction and briefly released from years of duty. Through the "Market Under Restoration" curtain covering the construction site, details of the building's architect Antoni Rovira i Trias' particular design can be seen.