Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1927
1927.12
Carguero
1927
Oil on canvas
17 3/8 x 13 in. (44 x 33 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 1927
According to an interview with the architect Ernesto Leborgne, the original owner of the painting, this work was the first painting ever sold by Torres-García in Uruguay. Revista Arquitectura (January 5, 1981).
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 20.
Published References
Lorente Mourelle 2015
Arte y arquitectura en Uruguay 1930-1970. Montevideo: Gráfica Mosca, 2015, ill. p. 92 detail.
Record last updated August 12, 2022. 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. "Carguero, 1927 (1927.12)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=594 (accessed on September 10, 2025).