Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)

Paisaje medido con fábrica y montaña

Details

Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Paisaje medido con fábrica y montaña
signed 'J. Torres-Garcia' (lower left) dated '40' (lower right)
oil on cardboard
20 x 25¼ in. (51 x 64 cm.)
Painted in 1940.

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1949.
Joaquín Torres-García Family Collection.
Horacio Torres Piña.
Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres.
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva.
Acquired from the above.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1970, p. 81, no. 50 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Joaquín Torres-García, 2 October-1 November 1970, no. 50. This exhibition also travelled to New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joaquín Torres-García, 12 December 1970-31 January 1971, Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Joaquín Torres-García, 16 February-31 March 1971.

Lot Essay

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Joaquín Torres-García Archive of Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres, signed by Alejandra Torres and dated 13 January 2015.

We are grateful to Cecilia de Torres for her assistance cataloguing this work.

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