Lot Essay
We are grateful to Cecilia de Torres for her assistance cataloguing this work; registered under archive number P1944.32.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Composición
Details
Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Composición
signed with initials and dated 'JTG 44' (lower right)
oil on cardboard
10¼ x 13 1/8 in. (26 x 33.3 cm.)
Painted in Montevideo in 1944.
Composición
signed with initials and dated 'JTG 44' (lower right)
oil on cardboard
10¼ x 13 1/8 in. (26 x 33.3 cm.)
Painted in Montevideo in 1944.
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York.
Emilio Ellena collection, Santiago.
By descent to the present owners.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York.
Emilio Ellena collection, Santiago.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Schaefer, Torres-García, Buenos Aires, Poseidon, 1945, plate II (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949: 15th Memorial Exhibition, New York, Rose Fried Gallery, 1964 (illustrated).
E. Jardí, Torres García, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1973, p. 249, no. 364 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Voces de ultramar: Arte en América Latina 1910-1960, Madrid, Turner Libros, S.A., 1992, p. 122, no. 44 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García, Santiago, Corporación Cultural de las Condes, 1994 (illustrated in color).
R. Bindis, "El constructivismo Torres-García: El lenguaje de las cosas y del mundo" in La Tercera, Santiago, 17 April 1994.
A.M. Maslach, Joaquín Torres-García: Sol y luna del arcano, Caracas, UNESCO, 1998, p. 579, no. 378 (illustrated).
J.M. Sanguinetti, "Joaquín Torres-García: El lenguaje de las cosas y del mundo" in Clasica: Arte & Cultura, Buenos Aires, No. 134, October 1999, p. 73 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949: 15th Memorial Exhibition, New York, Rose Fried Gallery, 1964 (illustrated).
E. Jardí, Torres García, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1973, p. 249, no. 364 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Voces de ultramar: Arte en América Latina 1910-1960, Madrid, Turner Libros, S.A., 1992, p. 122, no. 44 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García, Santiago, Corporación Cultural de las Condes, 1994 (illustrated in color).
R. Bindis, "El constructivismo Torres-García: El lenguaje de las cosas y del mundo" in La Tercera, Santiago, 17 April 1994.
A.M. Maslach, Joaquín Torres-García: Sol y luna del arcano, Caracas, UNESCO, 1998, p. 579, no. 378 (illustrated).
J.M. Sanguinetti, "Joaquín Torres-García: El lenguaje de las cosas y del mundo" in Clasica: Arte & Cultura, Buenos Aires, No. 134, October 1999, p. 73 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949: 15th Memorial Exhibition, 6 January- 13 February 1964.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Voces de ultramar: Arte en América Latina y Canarias, 1910-1960, 7 September- 8 November 1992, no. 44. This exhibition also travelled to Madrid, Casa de América, 10 December 1992- 31 January 1993.
Santiago, Corporación Cultural Las Condes, Joaquín Torres-García, 7- 24 April 1994.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Voces de ultramar: Arte en América Latina y Canarias, 1910-1960, 7 September- 8 November 1992, no. 44. This exhibition also travelled to Madrid, Casa de América, 10 December 1992- 31 January 1993.
Santiago, Corporación Cultural Las Condes, Joaquín Torres-García, 7- 24 April 1994.
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