Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1927.14
Port de Livourne - Italie
Alternate title: Barcos en el muelle
1927
Oil on canvas
24 x 19 3/4 in. (61 x 50.2 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 27
"No. 20" on verso
Despite the title assigned to this work in the 1927 Galerie Carmine show, this painting depicts a scene in Villefranche-sur-mer, as confirmed by a related drawing from the artist's 1926 Villefranche notebook.
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions
Galerie Carmine, Paris, J. Torres-García, June 16–30, 1927, no. 20, as Port de Livourne - Italie.
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949): Pinturas, dibujos, construcciones y juguetes, September 23–October 13, 1998, no. 15, ill., p. 5.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Artistas modernos Rioplatenses en Europa, 1911- 1924: La experiencia de la vanguardia, October 17, 2002–January 27, 2003, no. 67, ill., p. 49.
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Arte Constructivo, November 10–December 17, 2004, ill., p. 73.
Published References
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 140, no. 5.26.
Record last updated April 24, 2015. 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. "Port de Livourne - Italie, 1927 (1927.14)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=596 (accessed on September 10, 2025).