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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1941.11 (estate: 462)
Times Square, New York
1941
Oil on canvas
44 3/8 x 30 1/8 in. (112.5 x 76.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: JTG 41
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Banco de Quilmes, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Panama
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 21, 2000, Latin American Art, lot 118, ill. p. 133.
Exhibitions
1941 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Salón Nacional - Quinta Exposición Anual de Bellas Artes, 1941, no. 158.1942 Galería Müller
Galería Müller, Buenos Aires, Exposición J. Torres García, September 1942, no. 17.1947 Salón del Ateneo de Montevideo
Salón del Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, 222 Obras Retrospectivas y Recientes de J. Torres-García, April 20, 1947, no. 51.1955 Liceo Departamental del Treinta y Tres
Liceo Departamental del Treinta y Tres, Uruguay, J. Torres García, November 1955, no. 12.1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 89*, ill., p. 106 (Spanish version p. 116), Listed as number 39 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.1981 Galería Rubbers
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires, Emilio Pettoruti 1892/1971 - Joaquín Torres-García 1874/1949 / Dos maestros de la Pintura Contemporánea, May–June 1981. (Galería Rubbers 1981), no. 6.Published References
Bayon 1975
Bayon, Damian. "Reflexiones en torno a Torres-García." Plural (Mexico) (February 1975), ill. p. 63.La Nación 1981
"Abstracción, realismo y nuevas variantes plásticas." La Nación (Buenos Aires), May 30, 1981, ill.
Documentary Materials
Record last updated June 29, 2016. 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. "Times Square, New York, 1941 (1941.11)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1737 (accessed on April 29, 2024).