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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: Cardboard
Year: 1943
1943.63 (estate: 178)
José P. Varela
c.1943
Oil on cardboard
15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (39.5 x 29 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; undated
José P. Varela (1845-1879) was an Uruguayan politician who advocated for education reforms, including free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-Garcia
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 116.
1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 31, ill., p. 37.
1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 45, ill., p. 49.
Published References
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 299, no. 7.75.
Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 61.
Record last updated April 3, 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. "José P. Varela, c.1943 (1943.63)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1928 (accessed on March 29, 2024).