Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1917.12
Escena de una calle de Barcelona
Alternate titles: Carrer de Barcelona; Escena callejera barcelonesa
1917
Oil on cardboard
24 1/8 x 28 1/2 in. (61.6 x 72.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA 1917
Private collection, Barcelona
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Barcelona
Exhibitions
Salon Reig, Barcelona, Spain, Exposición J. Torres-García, February 18–March 9, 1918, ill., p. 7.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 6, ill., p. 39. 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.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 30, ill., p. 81. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
Hayward Gallery, London, Homage to Barcelona, The city and its arts, 1888-1936, November 1985–January 1986, no. 255, ill., p. 186. Traveled to: Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, January–March 1986.
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García, Época Catalana (1908-1928), August–September 1988, no. 28, ill., p. 51.
Fundación La Caixa, La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain, Las Vanguardias en Catalunya 1906-1939, July 16–September 30, 1992, no. 146, ill., p. 72 and 207.
Grand Palais, Paris, Paris-Barcelona, de Gaudí a Miró, October 9, 2001–January 14, 2002, ill., p. 341. Traveled to: Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, February 28–May 26, 2002.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 79, ill., p. 96.
Albuquerque Museum of Art, New Mexico, Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain, December 18, 2005–April 23, 2006, no. 12, ill., p. 114.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 17, fig. 4. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Argul, Jose Pedro. "La irrupción de Torres-García en su país." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) No. 301 (April 1973), ill. p. 341.
Gaya Nuño, Juan Antonio. "Introducción a Torres García." Blanco y Negro (Madrid) (May 12, 1973), ill.
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 11 and 57.
"El hombre que creo un arte para el continente: Torres-García." La Nación (Buenos Aires) ), September 4, 1977, ill. p. 10.
Barradas: Exposición antologica, 1890-1929. Madrid: Gobierno de Aragón, Departamento de Cultura y Educación, 1991. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 116, as Escena callejera barcelonesa.
Pere Gabriel. Història de la cultura catalana volumen VII: El Nuocentisme 1906-1918. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1996, p. 49, as Carrer de Barcelona.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 63, no. 2.18.
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 21 and 74.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 28.
Record last updated October 21, 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. "Escena de una calle de Barcelona, 1917 (1917.12)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=184 (accessed on September 12, 2025).