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 31 December 2015.
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Cabezas de hombre y mujer a siete tonos (also known as Iniciación del drama-cabezas de hombre mujer a siete tonos)
Details
Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949)
Cabezas de hombre y mujer a siete tonos (also known as Iniciación del drama-cabezas de hombre mujer a siete tonos)
signed 'JTG' (upper left) and dated '47' (upper right)
oil on cardboard
12 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (31.8 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Cabezas de hombre y mujer a siete tonos (also known as Iniciación del drama-cabezas de hombre mujer a siete tonos)
signed 'JTG' (upper left) and dated '47' (upper right)
oil on cardboard
12 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (31.8 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Ifigenia Torres Piña, Montevideo.
Estate of Ifigenia Torres Piña, Montevideo.
Collection Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres.
Private collection.
Ifigenia Torres Piña, Montevideo.
Estate of Ifigenia Torres Piña, Montevideo.
Collection Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres.
Private collection.
Literature
C. de Torres and S.V. Temkin, "Cabezas de hombre y mujer a siete tonos, 1947 (1947.36)" in Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné, https://www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2121, (accessed on March 25, 2016).
Exhibited
Montevideo, Salon del Ateneo de Montevideo, 222 obras retrospectivas y recientes J. Torres-García, April 1947, no. 68.