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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
1920.06
New York City: Bird's-Eye View
1920
Gouache and watercolor on cardboard
13 5/16 x 19 1/8 in. (33.8 x 48.5 cm)
Signed lower right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower left: 1920
Provenance
Katherine Dreier, New York
Yale University Art Gallery
Exhibitions
1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 4.1988–89 Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, The Latin American Spirit: Arts and Artist in the United States 1920-1970, September 29, 1988–January 29, 1989, no. 70, ill., on cover and p. 108. Traveled to: El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, February 27–April 23, 1989; San Diego Museum of Art, California, May 22–July 16, 1989; Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 14–October 8, 1989; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, January 28–March 4, 1990.2006–2013 Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America, December 4, 2012–June 23, 2013, Traveled to Yale, Frist, and Dallas venues only. Traveled to: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, April 23–August 20, 2006; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C, October 14–January 21, 2006; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, June 10–September 16, 2007; Frist Center for the Visual Art, Nashville, Tennessee, October 26–January 27, 2007.Published References
The University of Texas at Austin 1974
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries. Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection. Austin: 1974. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 21 (Spanish version ill. p. 25).Herbert 1984
Herbert, Robert. The Société Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University, A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1984, ill. p. 661, no. 686.Braun 1993
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 257.Peluffo Linari 1999a
Peluffo Linari, Gabriel. Pintura Uruguaya: Breve Selección del Período 1840-1980. Buenos Aires: Capital AFAP, 1999, ill. p. 87.Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 38.The Menil Collection 2010
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 203.Museum of Modern Art 2015
Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 40, fig. 2.Record last updated February 8, 2018. 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. "New York City: Bird's-Eye View, 1920 (1920.06)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=381 (accessed on May 5, 2024).