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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Sculpture, Relief, and Assemblage

Medium: Oil

Support: On wood

Year: 1924

1924.49 (estate: 1057)

Figure in a café

1924

Oil and nails on wood

7 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (20 x 11.5 x 3.9 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Olimpia Torres, Montevideo

Private collection, Montevideo

Exhibitions

2009–10 The Menil Collection

The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 4, ill., p. 51. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.

2010–11 Museo Torres García

Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Trazos de New York: Joaquín Torres García, 2010–11, no. 11, ill., p. 131. Traveled to: Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, May 1–June 13, 2010.

2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation

Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 92. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.

Published References

Carbajal 2011

Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 37.

Record last updated June 22, 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. "Figure in a café, 1924 (1924.49)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=526 (accessed on June 21, 2025).