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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
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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1918 Salon Reig
Salon Reig, Barcelona, Spain, Exposición J. Torres-García, February 18–March 9, 1918, ill., p. 4.1927 Galerie Carmine
Galerie Carmine, Paris, J. Torres-García, June 16–30, 1927, no. 25, as Place á Barcelone.1951 Instituto de Arte Moderno
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 15, ill., plate 4.1974 The University of Texas at Austin
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 1975.1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 5, ill., p. 10.1990b 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. 4.1991 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, CIUDAD - Torres García, October 1991, no. 14, ill.1996 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Montevideo y la Plástica, November 12–December 13, 1996, ill., p. 88.1997 Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos
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, 1997.1997 Cultural Rioja
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, 1997.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
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 1946
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 1974
Duncan, Barbara. "Latin American Catalyst." The Art Gallery Magazine (November 1974), ill. p. 16.Búsqueda 1991
R., H.G. "La construcción de la ciudad." Búsqueda (Uruguay), ill. p. 52.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 68, no. 2.25.Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 63.Sanchez Vidal 2012
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 12, 2025).