Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1917.09
Figura con paisaje de ciudad
1917
Oil on cardboard
27 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (70 x 49.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA 1917
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
René Gimpel, Paris
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Vermeer Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, J. Torres-García Barcelona-Nueva York-Liorna- Paris, 1916-1928, August–September 1982, no. 2, ill., on cover and p. 10.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 14, ill., p. 53. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 24, ill., p. 128.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, el ultraísmo y las artes plásticas, June 27–September 8, 1996, ill., p. 86.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 78, ill., p. 95.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dali, October 15, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 7.18, ill., p. 251, fig. 1. Traveled to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 3, 2007.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 19, no. 7.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 73.
Sureda Pons, Joan. Torres-García: Pasión Clásica. Madrid: Akal Arte Contemporáneo, 1998, ill. p. 195.
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 25.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 48, no. 2.1
Vogel, Carol. "An Art Infusion For Lincoln Center." The New York Times, March 2, 2007, ill.
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 73.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 85, fig. 17.
Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. Torres-García: Utopía y Tradición. Buenos Aires, 2011. Exhibition catalogue (2011 Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero), ill. p. 12, fig. 3.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 27.
Schwartz, Jorge. Fervor das vanguardas. Arte e literatura na América Latina. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2013, ill. no. 52.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia. Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949. Tipografia San Francisco, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 18.
Record last updated February 24, 2016. 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. "Figura con paisaje de ciudad, 1917 (1917.09)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=259 (accessed on September 12, 2025).