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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1923.05
Naturaleza muerta con muñeca
c.1923
Oil on cardboard
19 7/8 x 23 in. (48 x 58.3 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; undated
The toys in this painting were likely modeled from the toys made by the artist and his wife.
Private collection
Provenance
René Gimpel, Paris
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection
Exhibitions
1982 Vermeer Galería de Arte
Vermeer Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, J. Torres-García Barcelona-Nueva York-Liorna- Paris, 1916-1928, August–September 1982, no. 9, ill., p. 16.1997–98 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García, September 18, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 60, ill., p. 140. Traveled to: La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1998.2001 MALBA
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Arte en América Latina, September 21–November 18, 2001, no. 37, ill., p. 25.Published References
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 91, no. 63.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 89, no. 3.28.Sullivan 2007
Sullivan, Edward J. The Language of Objects in the Art of the Americas. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, ill. p. 177.
Record last updated May 5, 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. "Naturaleza muerta con muñeca, c.1923 (1923.05)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=411 (accessed on March 14, 2025).