Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1917.08 (estate: 29)
Calle de Barcelona
Alternate titles: Ciudad; Paisaje; Place á Barcelone
1917
Oil on cardboard
19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in. (50 x 70 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 1917
Provenance
Exhibitions
Salon Reig, Barcelona, Spain, Exposición J. Torres-García, February 18–March 9, 1918, ill., p. 4.
Galerie Carmine, Paris, J. Torres-García, June 16–30, 1927, no. 25, as Place á Barcelone.
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 15, ill., plate 4.
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. 24*, ill., p. 66 (Spanish version p. 74), Listed as number 6 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.
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 5, ill., p. 10.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 4.
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, CIUDAD - Torres García, October 1991, no. 14, ill.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Montevideo y la Plástica, November 12–December 13, 1996, ill., p. 88.
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 3, ill., p. 51. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 2, ill., p. 64. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 80. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.
Published References
Podestá, José María. J. Torres-García. Monografias de Arte. Serie Americana 3. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1946, ill. no. XXVI, as Ciudad, Dated 1937.
Duncan, Barbara. "Latin American Catalyst." The Art Gallery Magazine (November 1974), ill. p. 16.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 68, no. 2.25.
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 63.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 29.
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. "Calle de Barcelona, 1917 (1917.08)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=172 (accessed on September 11, 2025).