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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
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
Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Christie's, New York, November 18, 2022, Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, lot 879.
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 182.1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 86.1971–72 Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Esther de Cáceres, December 1971–March 1972, no. 17.1974 Galería Biosca
Galería Biosca, Madrid, Exposición J. Torres-García, June 5–28, 1974, no. 17, ill.1992 Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 90, ill., p. 154.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 27, ill., p. 81.2023 Sicardi, Ayers, Bacino Gallery
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
El Plata 1951d
"Homenaje a la memoria de Torres-García." El Plata (Montevideo), August 2, 1951, ill.Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 132.Gradowczyk 2007
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).