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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
1943.49
Chemin de fer
Alternate title: Composición abstracta
1943
Oil on cardboard
18 1/2 x 23 3/16 in. (47 x 59 cm)
Signed and dated right center: JTG 43
Provenance
Alberto Ginastera, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Geneva
Christie's New York, November 29, 1983, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot 81, ill. p. 72.
Christie's New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot 56, ill. p. 99.
Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva
Exhibitions
1951 Instituto de Arte Moderno
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 22, ill., plate 7.1964 Instituto Torcuato Di Tella
Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García: Obras de museos y colecciones particulares de Montevideo y Buenos Aires, November 4–29, 1964, no. 29, ill.Record last updated May 8, 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. "Chemin de fer, 1943 (1943.49)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1914 (accessed on April 22, 2025).