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1940.32 (estate: 696)
Mesa de café con hombre leyendo
1940
Oil on cardboard
16 1/2 x 20 3/16 in. (42 x 51.2 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 40
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
Private collection
Christie's, New York, May 27, 2015, Latin American Art, lot 2, ill. p. 18.
Private collection
Upcoming Christie's, New York, October 1, 2025, Latin American Art Sale.
Exhibitions
1998 Galerie Jan Krugier
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva, Torres-García: Retrospective, April 3–June 27, 1998.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 284, ill., p. 290.Record last updated June 16, 2025. 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. "Mesa de café con hombre leyendo, 1940 (1940.32)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1652 (accessed on November 4, 2025).