Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
T1.527 (estate: 29)
Locomotora negra
c.1917–18
Oil on wood
28 pieces
28 pieces
5 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 90 x 9 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Exhibitions
Galerias Dalmau, Barcelona, Joguines d’Art, December 1918.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 85c, ill., p. 114, States 24 pieces. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 24, ill.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 33, ill.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García, September 18, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 13, ill., p. 100. Traveled to: La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1998.
Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, Toys of the Avant-Garde, October 2010–January 2011. (Museo Picasso Málaga 2011), ill., p. 284 - 285, 369.
Sun Valley Museum of Art, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, Idaho, Free Play, March 20–May 22, 2020.
Published References
Sureda Pons, Joan. Torres-García: La fascinació del clássic. Barcelona: Lunwerg Editores, 1993, ill. p. 211.
Infancia y Arte Moderno. Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centro Julio González, 1998. Exhibition catalogue (1998–99 IVAM), ill., p. 52.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 101, ill. no. 4.6
Record last updated March 21, 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. "Locomotora negra, c.1917–18 (T1.527)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2247 (accessed on May 13, 2025).