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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1939
1939.38 (estate: 875)
Composición con hombre y reloj
1939
Oil on canvas
32 5/8 x 20 1/8 in. (83 x 51 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 39
DESTROYED in 2003 by its owner to uncover painting underneath, which is not by Torres-García.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Private collection
Private collection, Barcelona
DESTROYED
Exhibitions
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 235.
Published References
Casamartina 2004a
Casamartina, Josep. "Dos obras de Torres-García, destruidas por un coleccionista." El País (Barcelona), November 1, 2004, ill.
Casamartina 2004b
Casamartina, Josep. "Arruinan dos obras de Torres García: Desconstruido." El País (Montevideo), November 2, 2004, ill.
Record last updated April 22, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Composición con hombre y reloj, 1939 (1939.38)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1585 (accessed on April 19, 2024).