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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
1940.70
Les cerisiers (Haute Savoie)
c.1940
Oil on cardboard
13 3/8 x 16 1/2 in. (34 x 42 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; undated
In Historia de Mi Vida Torres-García relates that he and his family spent the summer of 1912 in "un pueblecito llamado Saint Cergues [sic]" in a house called "Les Cerisiers." While at Les Cerisiers he prepared the sketches for his first mural at the Saló de St. Jordi.
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Gomensoro & Castells, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 29, 1993, Pinacoteca, lot 100, ill. p. 33.
Record last updated April 13, 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. "Les cerisiers (Haute Savoie), c.1940 (1940.70)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1721 (accessed on July 16, 2025).