Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949)

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

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Description

Joaquín Torres-García
Ciudad con puente y puerto constructivo
signed lower left and dated 42 lower right
oil on board mounted on masonite
31 3/8 by 35 1/8 in.
80 by 89.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Uruguay
Rose Fried Gallery, New York (1959)
Sale: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Modern Paintings and Sculpture, October 21, 1977, lot 345, illustrated
Sale: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, January 19, 1979, lot 69, illustrated
CDS Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, April 19-May 5, 1961; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, July 13-August 15, 1961, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay (1874-1949), no. 18, illustrated
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, December 1961-January 1962; Baaden-Baaden, Staaliche Kunsthalle, March-April, 1961, Joaquín Torres-García, no. 22, illustrated
New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949, January 6-February 13, 1964, illustrated
New York, CDS Gallery, Geometric Abstraction in Latin American Art, November 1985
New York, CDS Gallery, Joaquín Torres-García, June 1995
New York, CDS Gallery, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings, Drawings Books, In Memory of Royal S. Marks and Herb Gower, May 29-July 29, 2000

Literature

"20th Century Latin American Art", The Wall Street Journal, November 10, 1986, p. 2, illustrated