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1924.35 (estate: 381)
Retrato M.P.
1924
Oil on cardboard
23 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (60 x 36.5 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA Agosto 1924
Joaquin Torres-Garcia's youngest child, Horacio Torres, was born in Livorno, Italy on July 26, 1924.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1934 Amigos del Arte
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, Primera Exposición en el Uruguay de Joaquín Torres-García, obras retrospectivas y recientes, de 1898 hasta 1934, June 1934.1955 Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 2, ill., plache 2.1956 Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 1, ill.1958 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, February 1958, no. 19.1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 17, ill., p. 29.2003 Centro Cultural de España
Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres- García y Rafael Barradas, las vanguardias en España 1917-1929, September 26–December 6, 2003, ill., p. 60.2007 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, A Vangarda Cotia: Torres García e Barradas, 1917-1929, July 6–September 2, 2007, ill., p. 94.Published References
El Plata 1934d
"En Amigos del Arte." El Plata (Montevideo), May 19, 1934, ill.El Día 1936a
El Día (Montevideo), 1936, ill.Pinto 1940
Pinto, Ernesto. "J. Torres-García: alucinación y drama de la pintura." Revista Nacional (Montevideo) año III, no. 36 (December 1940), ill. p. 369.Cassou 1955
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 1.La Mañana 1974
"100 Años de Torres-García." La Mañana (Montevideo), July 28, 1974, ill. p. 2.Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 105.Guia del Ocio 1996
"Torres García en Lisboa y Santiago." Guia del Ocio: La Semana de Montevideo (April 1996), ill. p. 33.Peregrina 2007
Peregrina (Pontevedra, Spain), c. 2007.Museum of Modern Art 2015
Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 199 as Manolita y Horacio.Record last updated April 9, 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. "Retrato M.P., 1924 (1924.35)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=488 (accessed on March 14, 2025).