LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

36.10 in. (91.70 cm.) (height) by 23.46 in. (59.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'J. Torres-GARCIA' (lower left), dated '31' (lower right) and titled 'TSF' (center)

Exhibited:

New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, 15th Memorial Exhibition, 6 January- 13 February 1965. Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949, 2 October- 1 November 1970, no. 22. This exhibition also travelled to New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 12 December 1970- 31 January 1971; and Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 16 February- 31 March 1971. Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1900 to Now: Modern Art Rhode Island Collections, 22 January- 1 May 1988.

Literature:

S. Preston, 'New York,' Burlington Magazine, Vol. 102, No. 685, April 1960, p. 180 (illustrated). D. Ashton, 'Review - Rose Fried,' The New York Times, 1 March 1960 (illustrated). Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949, 15th Memorial Exhibition, New York, Rose Fried Gallery, 1965, n.n. (illustrated). "Joaquín Torres-García," Comentario, (Montevideo), Vol. XIV, No. 2, 1968, p. 10 (illustrated). Exhibition catalogue, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949, Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1970, p. 55, no. 22 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Estate of the artist, Montevideo. Rose Fried Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.