Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres

Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Mural

Medium: Fresco

Year: 1944

1944.39

Mural de la Maternidad

1944

Fresco

148 1/8 x 84 5/16 in. (376 x 214 cm)

Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 1944

Sanatorio No. 3, Centro de Asistencia del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay (CASMU), Montevideo

Provenance

Sanatorio No. 3, Centro de Asistencia del Sindicato Médico del Uruguay (CASMU), Montevideo

Published References

Castillo 1944

Castillo, Guido. "Torres Garcia, Fresquista." Mundo Uruguayo (c. 1944), details ills. p. 11.

Fundación Torres García 1988

Fundación Torres García. Joaquín Torres-García: Cataluña Eterna, Bocetos y dibujos para los frescos de la diputación de Barcelona. Montevideo, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28.

Supplemental Images

The artist painting the Mural de la Maternidad.

Additional Material

Document: This mural was declared a historic monument by the Uruguayan government October 20, 1971. https://cdn.panopticoncr.com/torrgar001/catalogue_uploadedfiles/Mural maternidad.pdf

Record last updated April 6, 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. "Mural de la Maternidad, 1944 (1944.39)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1861 (accessed on April 28, 2025).