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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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).
Provenance
Ernesto Leborgne, Montevideo
Estate of Ernesto Leborgne, Montevideo
Castells Online, Montevideo, August 10, 2022, T.T.G Colección Ern. Leborgne y otros, lot 56.
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).