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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On canvas

Year: 1929

1929.44 (estate: 142)

Dirigible

1929

Oil on canvas

15 x 18 1/4 in. (38.1 x 46.3 cm)

Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 29

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Olimpia Torres, Montevideo

Private collection, Switzerland

Rose Fried Gallery, New York

Private collection

Christie's New York, November 16, 2011, Latin American Sale, lot 20, ill. p. 47.

Private collection, Peru

Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 2023, Impressionist & Modern Day, lot 226.

Exhibitions

1970 The National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 13, ill., p. 46. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.

Published References

Chapin 1971

Chapin, Louis. The Christian Science Monitor, February 3, 1971, ill.

Record last updated November 14, 2023. 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. "Dirigible, 1929 (1929.44)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=927 (accessed on April 21, 2025).