1921 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa, Later Tendencies in Art, no. 24, as Business Town, Exhibited in Gallery I.

1921 Whitney Studio Club: Whitney Studio Club, New York, N.Y, Stuart Davis, J. Torres-García, Stanilaw Szukalski

1927 Galerie Carmine: Galerie Carmine, Paris, J. Torres-García, no. 2, as Synthèse de New York.

1932 Galerie Pierre: Galerie Pierre, Paris, Oeuvres Récentes de Torrès García: Peintures - Sculptures

1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes: Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, no. 85, ill.

1987 Philippe Briet Gallery: Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, N.Y, Torres-García, New York 1920-1922

1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (traveling: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González): Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, no. 18, ill, p. 57.

1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, no. 11, ill, p. 77.

1998a Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, A Coleçao Costantini, ill, p. 75.

2001 MALBA: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Arte en América Latina, no. 29, as Calle de Nueva York.

2002–03 MALBA: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Artistas modernos Rioplatenses en Europa, 1911- 1924: La experiencia de la vanguardia, no. 59, ill, p. 39.

2009–10 El Museo del Barrio: El Museo del Barrio, New York, N.Y, Nexus New York: Latin/American Artist in the Modern Metropolis, ill, p. 105.

2010 Caixa Cultural (traveling: Museo Torres García): Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Torres-García, Traços de Nova York, ill, p. 35 and 95.

2011 Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero: Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Torres-García: Utopía y Tradición, ill, p. 13, fig. 4, , 45.

2012 MFAH: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Tex, Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from MALBA-Fundación Costantini, ill, p. 74 and detail p. 8.

Published References

Barbagelata 1930: "Joaquín Torres García: un pintor uruguayo olvidado," ill.

Teriade 1932: "Torres-García," ill.

Torres-García 1935k: "Notas de Viaje: Impresiones de Nueva York," ill.

Comentario 1968: "Joaquín Torres-García," ill. p. 11.

Gradowczyk 1985: Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América, ill. p. 23, no. 10.

Fundación Torres García 1991: CIUDAD - Torres García, ill. p. 8.

Medina 1992: "Torres-García y la Escuela del Sur," ill. p. 52.

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes 1996b: La Colección Costantini en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, ill. p. 47.

Maslach 1998: Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano, ill. p. 204, no. 86.

Theran 1999: Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction, ill. p. 468.

Bastos Kern 2004: "O mito da cidade moderna e a arte: Torres-García e Xul Solar," ill. p. 75, as Paisaje de Nueva York.

Gradowczyk 2007: Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión, ill. p. 70, no. 3.1.

Fundación Caixa Girona 2008: Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva, ill. p. 22, fig. 3.

El Observador 2012: "La Nueva York de Torres García," ill.

Sanchez Vidal 2012: Joaquín Torres-García, ill. p. 38-39.

Schwartz 2013: Fervor das vanguardas. Arte e literatura na América Latina, ill. no. 54.

Museum of Modern Art 2015: Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, ill. p. 45, fig. 14.

Greet 2018: Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris Between the Wars, fig. 156, ill. p. 172.

Ferrari 2022b: "Joaquín Torres-García’s Urban Fabrics: Fashioning the Body in New York, 1920-1922," Fig. 2, ill. p. 51, as Business Town.

Record last updated January 10, 2018. 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. "Business Town, 1920 (1920.03)." Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. http://torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=378 (accessed March 22, 2023).

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