Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mrs. Cecilia de Torres for confirming the authenticity of this work; to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist under archive number 1940.24.
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THE PROPERTY OF AN ITALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Joaquin Torres Garcia (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Puerto de Montevideo
Details
Joaquin Torres Garcia (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Puerto de Montevideo
dated and signed '40, J. Torres Garcia' (lower left)
oil on board laid down on panel
17¾ x 22 in. (45 x 56 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Puerto de Montevideo
dated and signed '40, J. Torres Garcia' (lower left)
oil on board laid down on panel
17¾ x 22 in. (45 x 56 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Provenance
Galería Müller, Buenos Aires.
Private Collection, Buenos Aires.
Natalio Povarché collection.
Bernard Chappard collection, New York.
Odalys Sanchez Subastas, Caracas.
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 30 May 1985, lot 119 (illustrated in color).
Private Collection, Buenos Aires.
Natalio Povarché collection.
Bernard Chappard collection, New York.
Odalys Sanchez Subastas, Caracas.
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 30 May 1985, lot 119 (illustrated in color).
Literature
M. Gradowczyk, Torres García, Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, Buenos Aires, 1985, p. 72, no. 51.
Exhibited
Buenos Aires, Galería Müller, September 1942, no. 31.
Buenos Aires, Galería Rubbers, Emilio Pettoruti 1892/1971, Joaquín Torres-García 1874/1949 - "Dos maestros de la Pintura Contemporánea," May - June 1981, no. 5.
Buenos Aires, Galería Rubbers, Emilio Pettoruti 1892/1971, Joaquín Torres-García 1874/1949 - "Dos maestros de la Pintura Contemporánea," May - June 1981, no. 5.