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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
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn) (72.297)
Provenance
Private collection
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, February 15, 1968, lot 79, ill. p. 75.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Exhibitions
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
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.
1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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.
2010 Newark Museum
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
Harry N. Abrams 1974
Lerner, Abram, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974, ill. p. 272 and 754, no. 379.
Conde 1975
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 1975
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.
Universe Books 1976
The American Vision Calendar 1977. Universe Books, 1976, ill.
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 1982
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly Labor Review.", ill. on cover.
Gibson 1992
Gibson, Eric. "Latin crosscurrents." The Washington Times, June 14, 1992, ill.
Welzenbach 1992
Welzenbach, Michael. "Ideas Across the Waters." The Washington Post, June 14, 1992, ill.
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 77, no. 3.10.
Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 94.
Sanchez Vidal 2012
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 40.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection 2022
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 20, 2025).