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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1939
1939.36 (estate: 972)
Velázquez
1939
Oil on cardboard
18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (47 x 35 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated lower left: 39
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Private collection, Caracas
Private collection
Exhibitions
1942 Galería Müller
Galería Müller, Buenos Aires, Exposición J. Torres García, September 1942, no. 9? May be other Velázquez painting (1940.40).
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 165, ill.
1955 Liceo Departamental del Treinta y Tres
Liceo Departamental del Treinta y Tres, Uruguay, J. Torres García, November 1955, no. 8.
1962b Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 2, ill.
1966 Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Art of Latin America Since Independence, January 27–March 13, 1966, no. 344. Traveled to: University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, April 7–May 15, 1966; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, July 2–August 7, 1966; La Jolla Museum of Art, California, August 27–September 30, 1966.
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 44, ill., p. 77. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Published References
El País 1953a
"En Paris se realizará una exposición de Joaquín Torres-García." El País (Montevideo), c. February 1953, ill.
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill.
Torrens 1960b
T[orrens], M[aria] L[uisa]. "Una Versión Moderna del Retrato." El País (Montevideo), March 24, 1960, ill.
Argul 1975
Argul. Proceso de las artes plasticas del Uruguay: desde la epoca indígena al momento contemporáneo. Montevideo: Barreiro y Ramos, 1975, ill. p. 48.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 596, no. LXIII.
Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 63, Dated 1945.
Supplemental Images
Velázquez, 1939 (1939.36). Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, "Self-Portrait," c. 1640, oil on canvas, 17 ¾ x 15 in. (45 x 38 cm), Location: Museu de Belles Arts de València, Note: The only universally accepted self-portrait
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, "Self-Portrait," c. 1640, oil on canvas, 17 ¾ x 15 in. (45 x 38 cm), Location: Museu de Belles Arts de València, Note: The only universally accepted self-portrait
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. "Velázquez, 1939 (1939.36)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1583 (accessed on April 10, 2025).