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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1939
1939.29 (estate: 78)
J. S. Bach
1939
Oil on cardboard
17 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (44.5 x 32 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres GARCIA; dated lower right: 39
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1942 Galería Müller
Galería Müller, Buenos Aires, Exposición J. Torres García, September 1942, no. 5.
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. 25.
1962a Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición de la colección de retratos del maestro en el Museo Torres-García, July 1962, no. 9.
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. 81. 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.
1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 25.
2009–10 Fundación Antonio Saura Casa Zavala
Fundación Antonio Saura Casa Zavala, Cuenca, Spain, Universalismo Constructivo, October 2, 2009–January 10, 2010, ill., p. 60. Traveled to: Museo Torres García, Montevideo, 2013.
Published References
Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 62, Dated 1943.
Supplemental Images
J. S. Bach, 1939 (1939.29). Unknown Artist, Portrait, possibly of Johann Sebastian Bach, The 'Weydenhammer Portrait Fragment,’ c. 1733, oil on canvas, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 23 cm), Location: Private collection
Unknown Artist, Portrait, possibly of Johann Sebastian Bach, The 'Weydenhammer Portrait Fragment,’ c. 1733, oil on canvas, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 23 cm), Location: Private collection
Record last updated August 12, 2021. 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. "J. S. Bach, 1939 (1939.29)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1576 (accessed on April 10, 2025).