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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
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
1918b Galerias Dalmau
Galerias Dalmau, Barcelona, Joguines d’Art, December 1918.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
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, 1971.1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 24, ill.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 33, ill.1997–98 IVAM
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, 1998.2010–11 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, Toys of the Avant-Garde, October 2010–January 2011. (Museo Picasso Málaga 2011), ill., p. 284 - 285, 369.2020 Free Play
Sun Valley Museum of Art, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, Idaho, Free Play, March 20–May 22, 2020.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 115, no. 135.Sureda Pons 1993
Sureda Pons, Joan. Torres-García: La fascinació del clássic. Barcelona: Lunwerg Editores, 1993, ill. p. 211.IVAM 1998–99
Infancia y Arte Moderno. Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centro Julio González, 1998. Exhibition catalogue (1998–99 IVAM), ill., p. 52.Gradowczyk 2007
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).