Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1920.18
La 29 y Broadway
Alternate title: Calle 29 y Broadway
c.1920
Oil on cardboard
15 x 19 3/4 in. (38 x 50 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-Garcia; undated
Inscribed lower right: "N.Y."
On August 28, 1920, Torres-García moved to 4 West 29 Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue. He describes the location as "these two arteries, the main avenues of the City, where all kinds of vehicles and immense crowds come together. A good place for Torres-García to look out upon and get to work." ("Esas dos arterias, las principales de la ciudad, traen allí una afluencia inaudita de vehículos de toda suerte y un gentío inmenso. Buen observatorio para Torres García, que se pone al trabajo."). (Historia de mi Vida, p. 158).
Provenance
Ernesto Leborgne, Montevideo
Private collection
Exhibitions
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 158.
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 35.
MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Atchugarry, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García. El descubrimiento de sí mismo, 2024, ill., p. 57.
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 92.
Record last updated May 9, 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. "La 29 y Broadway, c.1920 (1920.18)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=486 (accessed on September 9, 2025).