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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: Cardboard
Year: 1940
1940.21 (estate: 70)
Wagner
c.1940
Oil on cardboard
16 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (41 x 38.5 cm)
Signed upper left: JTG; undated
In 1905, Torres-García illustrated the translated edition of Wagner's novel, History of a Musician in Paris. This painting relates to the artist's drawing of Wagner that appeared on the book's frontispiece.
Exhibitions
Galería Müller, Buenos Aires, Exposición J. Torres García, September 1942, no. 12? May be other Wagner portrait (1940.20).
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 33, ill., p. 34.
Supplemental Images
Wagner, c.1940 (1940.21). Frontispiece, with a drawing of Wagner by Torres-García from the book Ricardo Wagner, Historia de Un Musico en Paris, translated by José Lassalle, 2nd Edition (Madrid: Biblioteca Mignon, 1905).
Frontispiece, with a drawing of Wagner by Torres-García from the book Ricardo Wagner, Historia de Un Musico en Paris, translated by José Lassalle, 2nd Edition (Madrid: Biblioteca Mignon, 1905).
Record last updated March 16, 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. "Wagner, c.1940 (1940.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1646 (accessed on March 19, 2024).