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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1919.10 (estate: 238)
El puerto de Barcelona
Alternate title: Las banderas
c.1919; artist's estate dates 1918
Oil on cardboard
20 1/2 x 14 3/16 in. (52 x 36 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; undated
Private collection, Barcelona
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Private collection, Barcelona
Exhibitions
1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 37. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1999 Museo Ramón Gaya
Museo Ramón Gaya, Murcia, Joaquín Torres-García: Óleos, dibujos, esculturas y juguetes, March 1–May 12, 1999, ill.2002 Fundación Cultural MAPFRE VIDA
Fundación Cultural MAPFRE VIDA, Madrid, La generación de 14: Entre el Novecentismo y la Vanguardia, April 26–June 16, 2002, ill., p. 151, Dated 1918.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 87, ill., p. 100.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 87. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.2024–25 Sala Parés
Sala Parés, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: Between Noucentisme and Avant-gardes (1891-1934), November 30, 2024–February 1, 2025, no. 53, ill., p. 26.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 113, no. 131.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 127, no. 39.Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 75.Record last updated March 7, 2025. 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. "El puerto de Barcelona, c.1919; artist's estate dates 1918 (1919.10)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=202 (accessed on September 10, 2025).