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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
1927.84 (estate: 911)
Bouteille et verre
1927
Tempera on wood
15 x 12 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (38 x 31 x 6.7 cm)
Signed and dated verso
Private collection, Geneva
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres García, Montevideo
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
Private collection
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid
Private collection, Geneva
Exhibitions
1930 Galerie 23
Galerie 23, Paris, 1ere Exposition Internationale Du Groupe Cercle et Carré, April 18–May 1, 1930.1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 44. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 39, ill., p. 41.1990b Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 10.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 30, ill., p. 70. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.2000b Galería Guillermo de Osma
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Torres-García: Construcciones en madera, November 7–December 22, 2000, no. 1, ill., p. 17. Traveled to: Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, January 10–February 9, 2001.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 147. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 175, ill., p 189.2007 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, A Vangarda Cotia: Torres García e Barradas, 1917-1929, July 6–September 2, 2007, ill., p. 100.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 8, 31, 92. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.2008 Galería Leandro Navarro
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: De Paris a Montevideo, November 4–December 5, 2008, ill., p. 19.2009–10 The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 7, ill., p. 57. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2013–14 Georgia Museum of Art
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art, October 12, 2013–January 5, 2014, ill., p. 241.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 67. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Cercle et Carré 1930
Cercle et Carré (Paris) (April 15, 1930), ill. no. 2.Alzarello 1936
Alzarello, Sofía. "Torres García." Paso a Nivel (Montevideo), 1936, ill.Seuphor 1972
Seuphor, Michel. L'Art Abstrait: 1918-1938. vol. 2. Paris: Maeght, 1972, ill. p. 57.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 145, no. 189.Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto 1974
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto. Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas. Montevideo: 1974. Exhibition catalogue, ill. on cover.Prat 1984b
Prat, Marie-Aline. Peinture et Avante-Garde au Seuil des Années 30. Lausanne: La Cité, 1984, ill. p. 129, no. 26.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 149, no. 189.Paternosto 1989
Paternosto, César. Piedra Abstracta, La Escultura Inca: Una Visión Contemporánea. Mexico: Colección Tierra Firme/Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1989, ill. p. 74.Prat and Gradowczyk 1990
Prat, Marie-Aline and Mario H. Gradowczyk. Hommage a Torres-García, Oeuvres de 1928 a 1948. Paris: Galerie Marwan Hoss, 1990, ill. p. 128-29.Ramírez 1991
El Taller Torres-García: The School of the South and Its Legacy. Edited by Mari-Carmen Ramírez. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 30.Medina 1992
Medina, Alvaro. "Torres-García y la Escuela del Sur." Art Nexus, no. 3 (January 1992), ill. p. 53, no. 3.Cercle et Carré 1997
Cercle et Carré. Paris: Jean-Michel Place, 1997, ill. no. 2.Sureda Pons 1998
Sureda Pons, Joan. Torres-García: Pasión Clásica. Madrid: Akal Arte Contemporáneo, 1998, ill. p. 36.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no 44.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 111, no. 4.21.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 27.
Record last updated February 24, 2017. 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. "Bouteille et verre, 1927 (1927.84)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=662 (accessed on April 21, 2025).