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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1917
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
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1982 Vermeer Galería de Arte
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.
1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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.
1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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.
1996 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, el ultraísmo y las artes plásticas, June 27–September 8, 1996, ill., p. 86.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 78, ill., p. 95.
2006–07 The Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
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
Galli 1982
Galli, Aldo. La Prensa (Buenos Aires), August 22, 1982.
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 19, no. 7.
Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 73.
Sureda Pons 1998
Sureda Pons, Joan. Torres-García: Pasión Clásica. Madrid: Akal Arte Contemporáneo, 1998, ill. p. 195.
García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 25.
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 48, no. 2.1
Vogel 2007
Vogel, Carol. "An Art Infusion For Lincoln Center." The New York Times, March 2, 2007, ill.
Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 15.
Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 73.
The Menil Collection 2010
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 2011
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 2012
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 27.
Schwartz 2013
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 2015
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).