Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1940.26 (estate: 828)
Retrato de mujer elegante
1940
Oil on cardboard
17 x 13 1/4 in. (43.2 x 33.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: JTG 40
This painting may portray the Uruguayan poet, Susana Soca, and may be loosely based on a 1939 photograph by Gisele Freund.
Provenance
Exhibitions
Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954, no. 4, ill.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 4, ill.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 47, ill., p. 79. 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
Record last updated March 16, 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. "Retrato de mujer elegante, 1940 (1940.26)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1647 (accessed on April 20, 2025).