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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On cardboard

Year: 1939

1939.58 (estate: 251)

Retrato imaginario

Alternate title: Retrato

1939

Oil on cardboard

19 11/16 x 15 in. (50 x 38 cm)

Signed upper left: JTG; dated upper right: 39

Private collection, New York

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Horacio Torres

Estate of Horacio Torres

Private collection, New York

Exhibitions

1950 Museo Departamental de San José

Museo Departamental de San José, San José, Uruguay, October 1950, no. 10, as Retrato.

1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura

Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 76.

1969 Museo Torres García

Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Homenaje a Joaquin Torres-García en este aniversario 1949-1969, August 1969, no. 5.

2015 Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.

Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Face to Face, January–April 2015.

Published References

Sarfatti 1940b

Sarfatti, Margarita. "Torres García: Un Pintor de la América del Sur." Argentina Libre (Barcelona), April 4, 1940, ill.

Record last updated August 14, 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. "Retrato imaginario, 1939 (1939.58)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1604 (accessed on May 3, 2025).