Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1921.09
Street Scene, New York (Escena de calle, Nueva York)
c.1921
Oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (78 x 63 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; undated
Private collection, Cadaques
Provenance
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, Cadaques
Exhibitions
Sala Badrinas, Barcelona, Spain, Pintures de J. Torres-García, December 15–31, 1928.
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, Spain, L'obra pictòrica de Joaquín Torres-García, May 24–June 11, 1933.
III Bienal Hispanoamericana del Arte, Barcelona, Spain, September 1955, no. 7, ill.
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, En tiempos de Pablo Gargallo, June 9–September 10, 2010.
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, February 8–April 15, 2011, ill., p. 17.
Published References
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 204, no. 89.
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 93.
Supplemental Images
Related drawing from the artist's New York album (92 pages), 1921, 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
Label from an original box of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's chewing gum. Torres-García included a detail of this logo on the left side of this painting as it appeared in a NYC billboard at the time.
Record last updated December 18, 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. "Street Scene, New York (Escena de calle, Nueva York), c.1921 (1921.09)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=399 (accessed on April 10, 2025).