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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1940.10 (estate: 59)
Obispo (from artist's inventory)
Alternate title: Papa
1940
Oil on cardboard
26 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. (68 x 48.5 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 40
This painting is based on the portrait of Pope Pius XII.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
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. 35.1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 31.Record last updated November 12, 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. "Obispo (from artist's inventory), 1940 (1940.10)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1632 (accessed on July 7, 2025).