Lot 24 : Joaquin Torres-Garcia (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Auction Location: United States of America - 2005
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Artist or Maker:
Joaquin Torres-Garcia (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Title:
Constructivo en grises
Description:
Constructivo en grises
signed and dated 'JTG 43' (lower left)
oil on board laid down on board
18 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (47 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1943.
Provenance:
José Gómez Sicre, Washington, D.C.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Part I, 15 November 1994, lot 66 (illustrated in color).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, The Latin American Sale, 28 May 1998, lot 55 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited:
Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, Torres-García and his Workshop, February 1950.
Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April-August 1961. This exhibition later traveled to San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art.
Notes:
This painting will be listed under n. P 1943-41 in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's oeuvre being prepared by Mrs. Cecilia de Torres.
We are grateful to Mrs. Cecilia de Torres for her assistance in confirming the authenticity of this painting.
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