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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1917
1917.07 (estate: 145)
Cepillo con libros
1917
Oil on canvas
13 3/8 x 17 11/16 in. (34 x 45 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA 1917
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Provenance
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Estate of the artist
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Exhibitions
1918 Salon Reig
Salon Reig, Barcelona, Spain, Exposición J. Torres-García, February 18–March 9, 1918, ill., p. 6.
1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 25*, ill., p. 66 (Spanish version p. 75), Listed as number 7 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
1997 Jan Krugier Gallery
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, no. 4, ill.
1999–2000 Jan Krugier Gallery
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Still Life is Still Alive, November 12, 1999–January 15, 2000, ill.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 74, ill., p. 91.
2018 Acquavella Galleries
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 6, ill., p. 107, as Cepillo con libros.
Published References
Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 42, fig. 9.
Record last updated June 28, 2016. 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. "Cepillo con libros, 1917 (1917.07)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=160 (accessed on September 11, 2025).