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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
1924.09
El compadrito
Alternate title: Personaje y farol
1924
Oil on board
11 7/8 x 19 in. (30.2 x 48.3 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 24
Provenance
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Christie's New York, November 24 and 25, 1992, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 146, ill. p. 203.
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 21, 1995, Latin American Art, lot 43, ill.
Private collection
Castells, Montevideo, June 21, 2017, Taller Torres-García, lot 53, ill. p. 50.
Castells, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 12, 2019, Taller Torres-García, lot 52.
Record last updated May 28, 2019. 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. "El compadrito, 1924 (1924.09)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=428 (accessed on March 14, 2025).