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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1921
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
Sala Badrinas, Barcelona
Private collection, Barcelona
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid
Private collection, Cadaques
Exhibitions
1928 Sala Badrinas
Sala Badrinas, Barcelona, Spain, Pintures de J. Torres-García, December 15–31, 1928.
1933 Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, Spain, L'obra pictòrica de Joaquín Torres-García, May 24–June 11, 1933.
1955 III Bienal Hispanoamericana del Arte
III Bienal Hispanoamericana del Arte, Barcelona, Spain, September 1955, no. 7, ill.
2010 Galería Leandro Navarro
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, En tiempos de Pablo Gargallo, June 9–September 10, 2010.
2011 Galería Leandro Navarro
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, February 8–April 15, 2011, ill., p. 17.
Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 125, no. 157.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 204, no. 89.
Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 93.
Supplemental Images
Street Scene, New York (Escena de calle, Nueva York), c.1921 (1921.09). Related drawing from the artist's New York album (92 pages), 1921, 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
Related drawing from the artist's New York album (92 pages), 1921, 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
Street Scene, New York (Escena de calle, Nueva York), c.1921 (1921.09). 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.
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 28, 2024).