Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres

Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On cardboard

Year: 1940

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

Estate of the artist

Augusto Torres, Montevideo

Exhibitions

1954 Ateneo de Montevideo

Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954, no. 4, ill.

1962b Museo Torres-García

Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 4, ill.

1970 The National Gallery of Canada

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

Jardí 1973

Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 216, no. 306.

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).