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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
1943.54 (estate: 612)
Barco metafísicos sobre fondo verde
c.1943
Oil on cardboard
16 7/8 x 20 1/8 in. (43 x 51 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; undated
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-Garcia
Private collection
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Private collection, Europe
Christie's New York, May 29, 2013, Latin American Sale, lot 12, ill. p. 34-35.
Christie's New York, May 28, 2014, Latin American Sale, lot 60, ill. p. 95.
Private collection, São Paulo
Exhibitions
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 33. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 8.1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 121.1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 40.1990b 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. 33.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 103, ill., p. 148. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 291, ill., p. 297.Published References
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 34.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 140, no. 111.Record last updated April 3, 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. "Barco metafísicos sobre fondo verde, c.1943 (1943.54)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1919 (accessed on July 7, 2025).