Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.22
Rue No. 2
Alternate title: Paisaje Contructivista
1929
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Signed upper right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper left: 29
Signed, on verso: J. Torrès-GARCIA / 3 rue Marcel Sembat, PARIS XVIII
Titled on verso: Rue No. 2
Titled on verso: Rue No. 2
Provenance
Roberto Sapriza, Montevideo
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 182.
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 86.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Esther de Cáceres, December 1971–March 1972, no. 17.
Galería Biosca, Madrid, Exposición J. Torres-García, June 5–28, 1974, no. 17, ill.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 90, ill., p. 154.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 27, ill., p. 81.
Sicardi, Ayers, Bacino Gallery in collaboration with Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, Sicardi, Ayers, Bacino Gallery, Houston, Taller Torres-García: A Unified Aesthetic. Constructive Universalism with Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings, March 23–May 11, 2023, ill., on cover, as Rue No. 2.
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 132.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 126, no. 5.1.
Record last updated November 22, 2022. 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. "Rue No. 2, 1929 (1929.22)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=905 (accessed on April 21, 2025).