Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mrs. Cecilia de Torres for her assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work; to be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist under archive number P1936.02.
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Arte constructivo
Details
Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Arte constructivo
signed with initials 'JTG' (lower center) and dated '36' (lower right)
oil on wood
16¼ x 11 3/8 in. (41.5 x 29 cm.)
Painted in 1936.
Arte constructivo
signed with initials 'JTG' (lower center) and dated '36' (lower right)
oil on wood
16¼ x 11 3/8 in. (41.5 x 29 cm.)
Painted in 1936.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, No. 922.
Private collection, Barcelona.
Private collection, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above.
Private collection, Barcelona.
Private collection, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above.
Literature
E. Jardí, Torres García, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1973, p. 194, no. 261 (illustrated).
A.M. Maslach, Joaquín Torres-García: Sol y luna del arcano, Caracas, UNESCO, 1998, p. 572, no. 343 (illustrated).
J.P. Argul, 'La Irrupción de Torres-García en su país' in Mundo Hispánico, No. 301, April 1973, p. 40 (illustrated).
A.M. Maslach, Joaquín Torres-García: Sol y luna del arcano, Caracas, UNESCO, 1998, p. 572, no. 343 (illustrated).
J.P. Argul, 'La Irrupción de Torres-García en su país' in Mundo Hispánico, No. 301, April 1973, p. 40 (illustrated).