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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
1942.05 (estate: 557)
Constuction portuaria
1942
Oil on cardboard
30 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. (78.5 x 100 cm)
Signed upper left: J.T.G; dated upper right: 42
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Private collection
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Galería Barbié, Barcelona
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 27 and 28, 2009, Latin American Art, lot 21, ill. p. 50-51.
Exhibitions
1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 16, ill.1998–99 Galerie J. Bastien - Art
Galerie J. Bastien - Art, Brussels, Joaquín Torres-García Œuvres de la Collection Alejandra, Aurelio y Claudio Torres, November 25, 1998–January 10, 1999, ill.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 287, ill., p. 293.2006 Oriol Galería d'Art
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: 30 pinturas de 1919 a 1949: New York-Paris-Madrid-Montevideo, June 22–September 22, 2006, no. 22, ill., p. 63.2008 Galería Leandro Navarro
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: De Paris a Montevideo, November 4–December 5, 2008, ill., p. 65.Published References
Jardí 1974
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Translated by Kenneth Lyons. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1974, ill. p. 338, no. 230.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 577, no. 367.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 72.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. "Constuction portuaria, 1942 (1942.05)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1750 (accessed on April 21, 2025).