Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1927.66
Hôtel de Ville
Alternate title: Palais de Justice
1927
Oil on canvas
14 3/8 x 17 5/8 in. (36.5 x 45 cm)
Signed upper right: JTG; dated upper left: 27
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Bernard Chappard, New York
Daniela Chappard Foundation, New York
Sotheby's, New York, November 13, 2018, Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, lot 220, ill. p. 218.
Private collection
Exhibitions
Art Curial, centre d'art plastique contemporain, Paris, Les noce catalanes, May–June 1985, no. 184, ill., p. 62.
Galería Paco Rebés, Centro de Anticuarios, Barcelona, Spain, J. Torres-García, May–June 1986, no. 8, ill., p. 15.
Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France, Passion et raison d'un esprit constructif: Une Conquete de l'Art D'Amerique Latine: Oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chappard, June 27–September 30, 2006, no. 60, ill., on cover and p. 83.
Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Madrid, Explorando el sur: el universalismo constructivo y otras tendencias en america latina, September 19–November 9, 2008, ill., p 50. Traveled to: Sala Espacio Dos del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, September 19, 2008–January 11, 2009 (El Sur es neustro Norte).
Published References
"Joaquín Torres-García." Comentario (Montevideo) año XIV, no. 2 (1968), ill. p. 12, as Palais de Justice.
Record last updated November 13, 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. "Hôtel de Ville, 1927 (1927.66)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=645 (accessed on April 16, 2025).