Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1941.33 (estate: 63)
Un puerto
1941
Oil on canvas
30 1/2 x 38 in. (77.4 x 96.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J. Torres-GARCIA 41
Won the Premio Tabacalera Uruguaya in the 1941 Salón de Bellas Artes.
Provenance
Exhibitions
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Salón Nacional - Quinta Exposición Anual de Bellas Artes, 1941, no. 159, ill.
Salón del Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, 222 Obras Retrospectivas y Recientes de J. Torres-García, April 20, 1947.
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 156.
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 40.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 51, ill., p. 82. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Published References
Lagarmilla, Roberto. "Joaquín Torres García y la evolución de su pensamiento artístico." Alfar (Montevideo), no. 81 (1942), ill.
V[ernazza], E[duardo]. "Exposición Joaquín Torres García." El Día (Montevideo), c. April 1947, ill.
Record last updated March 27, 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. "Un puerto, 1941 (1941.33)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1830 (accessed on July 8, 2025).