JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA (1874-1949)
JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA (1874-1949)
JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA (1874-1949)
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Tastemakers of the 20th Century: Latin American Art from an Important Private Collection
JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA (1874-1949)

Pintura constructiva

Details
JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA (1874-1949)
Pintura constructiva
initialed and dated 'JTG 43' (lower right)
oil on board
20 5⁄8 x 29 ½ in. (52.4 x 74.9 cm.)
Painted in 1943.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galería René Metras, Barcelona
Anon. sale; Subastas de Arte y Antigüedades, Barcelona, 13 November 1979
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1996, lot 38
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
G. de Torre, 37 Obras comprendidas en el período 1929-1947, 1959, n. 19 (illustrated).
"Ante los grandes temas nacionales: Museo de Arte Moderno,” El País Uruguay, 8 September 1963, p. 6 (illustrated).
J.P. Argul, "La irrupción de Torres-García en su país,” Mundo Hispánico Madrid, April 1973, N. 301, p. 39 (illustrated).
E. Jardí, Joaquín Torres-García, 1973, n. 345, p. 232 (illustrated).
J. Cabanas, "El Pez de Torres-García,” Mundo Hispánico Madrid, May 1975, pp. 46 and 54 (illustrated).
"Importantísima subasta," La Vanguardia, 4 November 1979 (illustrated).
C. de Torres, et al., Joaquín Torres-García, Catalogue Raisonné, 2024, n. 1943.101 (illustrated). Accessed 4 February 2025: https://www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1966
Exhibited
V São Paulo Bienal, September–December 1959; Montevideo, Uruguay, Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, 21 March-17 April 1960, Sala Torres-García, n. 29.
Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, April–May 1973; Barcelona, Museo de Arte Moderno, June 1973, Exposición antológica Torres-García, n. 109, p. 116 (illustrated).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis maestros de la pintura Uruguaya, 15 September-15 October 1987, n. 93, p. 89 (illustrated).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Barradas/Torres-García, August–September 1995, n. 78.
Further details
This work is archived in the artist's online catalogue raisonné with reference number 1943:101.

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