Lot Essay
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Naturaleza muerta
Details
Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Naturaleza muerta
signed 'JTG' (lower left) and dated '47' (lower right)
oil on board
11¾ x 14 7/8 in. (30 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Naturaleza muerta
signed 'JTG' (lower left) and dated '47' (lower right)
oil on board
11¾ x 14 7/8 in. (30 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Provenance
Olimpia Torres collection (no. 391).
Private collection, Barcelona.
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires (1987).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 18 November 1987, lot 27 (illustrated in color).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1999, lot 136 (illustrated in color).
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, Barcelona.
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires (1987).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 18 November 1987, lot 27 (illustrated in color).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1999, lot 136 (illustrated in color).
Private collection, New York.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 1973, p. 121, no. 118 (illustrated).
E. Jardí, Torres García, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa S.A., 1974, p. 257 and p. 277, no. 377 (illustrated).
La Nación, Buenos Aires, 7 April 1987.
E. Jardí, Torres García, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa S.A., 1974, p. 257 and p. 277, no. 377 (illustrated).
La Nación, Buenos Aires, 7 April 1987.
Exhibited
Buenos Aires, Galería Rubbers, 1987.
Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April- May 1973. This exhibition also travelled to Barcelona, Museu d'Art Modern, June 1973, no. 118.
Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April- May 1973. This exhibition also travelled to Barcelona, Museu d'Art Modern, June 1973, no. 118.
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