Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1947.09
Puerto metafísico, Montevideo
Alternate title: Pintura
1947
Oil on canvas
75 13/16 x 108 1/4 in. (190 x 275 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: JTG 47
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 141, as Pintura.
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 34, ill., p. 64.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 92, ill., p. 113.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García, September 18, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 5, ill., p. 92. Traveled to: La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1998.
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 239.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 135, ill., no. 135.
Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Torres-García: Utopía y Tradición, May 23–July 31, 2011. (Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero 2011), ill., p. 19 and 51, fig. 22.
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 219.
Spiegel, Olga. "El regreso de Torres García." La Vanguardia (Barcelona), November 25, 2003, ill.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 333, no. 8.42.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 80.
Record last updated April 13, 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. "Puerto metafísico, Montevideo, 1947 (1947.09)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2065 (accessed on April 20, 2025).