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1935.10 (estate: 928)
Guitarra
1935; Estate inventory dates as 1937
Oil on cardboard
32 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (82 x 47 cm)
Unsigned; dated upper right: 35 (upside-down)
Stamped upper right: "Yep" referring to the collection of the artist's daughter, Olimpia Torres de Yepes
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
Quintana Fine Art, New York
Quinta Galeria, Bogotá
Christie's New York, May 15, 1991, Latin American Sale, lot 36, ills.
Private collection, Panama
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 25, 2011, Latin American Paintings, lot 57, ill. p. 47.
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. 57.1994 Quinta Galería
Quinta Galería, Bogotá, Colombia, Exposición Joaquín Torres-García y La Escuela del Sur, September 28–November 28, 1994, ill., p. 6. Dated 1937.1995a Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 24. Dated 1937.1998 Iturralde Gallery
Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, The School of the South: El Taller Torres-García, May 29–June 27, 1998.Published References
Lozano 1994
Lozano, Ana Maria. "Un maestro con escuela: Exposición de Torres García y la Escuela del Sur." El Tiempo (Bogota), October 18, 1994, ill. (detail).Record last updated February 18, 2015. 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. "Guitarra, 1935; Estate inventory dates as 1937 (1935.10)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1429 (accessed on September 14, 2025).