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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
1943.99
La ciudad
1943
Oil on cardboard
20 1/2 x 23 in. (52 x 59.3 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated lower left: 43
Provenance
Julio E. Payró, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1964 Galería de las artes
Galería de las artes, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres García: Bocetos y Pinturas de la colección de Anita Payró y Julio Payró, July 14–August 1, 1964, no. 6.1987 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 88, ill., p. 90.1989 Instituto Italo-Latinoamericano de Cultura
Instituto Italo-Latinoamericano de Cultura, Rome, Arte dell'Uruguay nel Novecento, October–December 1989, ill., p. 39.1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 32, ill., p. 61.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 81, ill., p. 107.1996 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, A Vanguarda no Uruguai: Barradas e Torres-García, May 30–June 21, 1996, ill., p. 93 no. 70. Traveled to: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, August 1–30, 1996.Published References
Payró 1964
Payró, Julio. Pinacoteca de los Genios: Torres García. No. 118. Buenos Aires: Codex, 1964, ill. no. XIV.Cabanas 1975
Cabanas, Juan. "El Pez de Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 54.Serrano 1975
Serrano, Pablo. "Recuerdo y Homenaje a T-G." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill.Sureda Pons 1998
Sureda Pons, Joan. Torres-García: Pasión Clásica. Madrid: Akal Arte Contemporáneo, 1998, ill. detail on cover.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. "La ciudad, 1943 (1943.99)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1964 (accessed on September 10, 2025).