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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1940
1940.05 (estate: 57)
Cristóbal Colón
Alternate title: Colón
1940
Oil on cardboard
21 1/16 x 17 3/4 in. (53.5 x 45 cm)
Signed upper left: JTG; dated upper right: 40
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Manolita
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1942 Galería Müller
Galería Müller, Buenos Aires, Exposición J. Torres García, September 1942, no. 11.
1950 Museo Departamental de San José
Museo Departamental de San José, San José, Uruguay, October 1950, no. 36, as Colón.
1955 Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 31.
1957 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July–October 1957, no. 3.
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 24. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
1962a Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición de la colección de retratos del maestro en el Museo Torres-García, July 1962, no. 17.
1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 38, ill., p. 43.
1990b Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 27.
Published References
Torres-García 1946a
Torres-García, Joaquín. Nueva Escuela de Arte del Uruguay. Montevideo: Publicaciones de la Asociación de Arte Constructivo, 1946, ill.
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 28.
Supplemental Images
Cristóbal Colón, 1940 (1940.05). Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani), "Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506)," 1519, oil on canvas, 42 x 34 ¾ in. (107 x 88 cm), The Metropolitan Museum
Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani), "Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506)," 1519, oil on canvas, 42 x 34 ¾ in. (107 x 88 cm), The Metropolitan Museum
Record last updated August 12, 2021. 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. "Cristóbal Colón, 1940 (1940.05)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1626 (accessed on July 8, 2025).