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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On paper
Year: 1920
1920.14
New York Street Scene
1920
Oil on paper mounted on wood
18 11/16 x 25 13/16 in. (47.5 x 65.5 cm)
Signed and dated upper right: J. Torres-GARCIA 1920
Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 7, ill., p. 40. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 25, ill., p. 129.
Newark Museum, New Jersey, Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America: 1920s-50s, February 17–May 23, 2010. (Newark Museum 2010), ill., p. 50, plate 17. Traveled to: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, June 26–September 5, 2010.
Published References
Lerner, Abram, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974, ill. p. 272 and 754, no. 379.
Conde, Manuel. "Significación de Torres-García en el Arte Actual." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 63.
Russell, John. The Great Divide 1950-70: The Meaning of Modern Art. Vol. 2. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1975, ill. p. 6, fig. 3.
The American Vision Calendar 1977. Universe Books, 1976, ill.
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly Labor Review.", ill. on cover.
Gibson, Eric. "Latin crosscurrents." The Washington Times, June 14, 1992, ill.
Welzenbach, Michael. "Ideas Across the Waters." The Washington Post, June 14, 1992, ill.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 77, no. 3.10.
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 94.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 40.
Aquin, Stéphane, Anne Reeve, and Sandy Guttman. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection. New York: DelMonico Books, 2022, No. 65, ill. p. 85, as New York Street Scene.
Record last updated May 12, 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. "New York Street Scene, 1920 (1920.14)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=389 (accessed on April 19, 2025).