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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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Keywords
- Construction
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1931.22 (estate: 926)
Madera con pez blanco
1931
Oil on wood
17 x 9 in. (43.5 x 22.5 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA 31
The initials M.P. that appear on this wood piece reference the artist's wife, Manolita Piña.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Galerie Melki, Paris
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Paris
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires
Private collection, New Jersey
Private collection, Paris
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris
Christie's New York, May 19, 1994, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Prints, lot 24, ill. p. 47.
Owings Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Private collection
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 23, 1998, Latin American Art, lot 15, ills. p.29.
Exhibitions
1990 Galerie Marwan Hoss
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 47.1995a Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 16.1996 Pavilhão Cultural Renée Behar
Pavilhão Cultural Renée Behar, São Paulo, A Escola do Sul, 1996.Published References
Gibson 1990
Gibson, M. "From a Lighthouse, Beams Art." International Herald Tribune, July 7-8, 1990, ill.Gradowczyk and Prat 1991
Gradowczyk, Mario H. and Marie-Aline Prat. J. Torres-García. Paris: Galerie Marwan Hoss, 1991, ill. p. 47.Record last updated November 12, 2024. 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. "Madera con pez blanco, 1931 (1931.22)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1192 (accessed on May 10, 2025).