Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1945.19 (estate: 885)
Velázquez
1945
Oil on cardboard
20 x 16 1/2 in. (51 x 42 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 45
Provenance
Exhibitions
Salón del Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, 222 Obras Retrospectivas y Recientes de J. Torres-García, April 20, 1947, no. 222.
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 14, Dimensions as 47 x 52.
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 57.
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 36. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 98*, ill., p. 109 (Spanish version p. 119), Listed as number 47 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 54, ill., p. 41.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 37.
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 26, ill., p. 81. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 43, ill., p. 111. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 36.
"Quedo Inagurada Ayer una Importante Exposición de Torres-García." El País Montevideo, March 22, 1960, ill. detail.
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 58, 78, 80.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 197.
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 286.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 296, no. 7.66.
Record last updated August 12, 2021. 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. "Velázquez, 1945 (1945.19)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2015 (accessed on May 1, 2025).