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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
1939.04 (estate: 68)
Velero en puerto
Alternate title: Pintura constructiva
1939
Oil on cardboard
20 7/8 x 26 3/8 in. (53 x 67 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J. Torres-García 39
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Estate of Horacio Torres
Private collection
Exhibitions
1955 Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 21.1956 Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 8.1957 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July–October 1957, no. 10.Published References
Sarfatti 1940b
Sarfatti, Margarita. "Torres García: Un Pintor de la América del Sur." Argentina Libre (Barcelona), April 4, 1940, ill.Torres-García 1941b
Torres-García, Joaquín. "De la libertad y disciplina en el arte." Saber Vivir (Argentina), no. 6 (January 1941), ill. p. 34, as Pintura constructiva, Dated 1938.Lagarmilla 1942
Lagarmilla, Roberto. "Joaquín Torres García y la evolución de su pensamiento artístico." Alfar (Montevideo), no. 81 (1942), ill.Cassou 1955
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 13.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 214, no. 301.Record last updated May 5, 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. "Velero en puerto, 1939 (1939.04)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1551 (accessed on April 21, 2025).