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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
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Keywords
- Still Life
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1927.20
Nature morte avec oranges
Alternate title: Naturaleza muerta con tazón blanco
1927
Oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (25 x 33 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: J. Torres GARCIA 27
This painting was most likely gifted by the artist to his friend, the Jewish poet, Joseph Milbauer (1898-1968). Milbauer, who manufactured oil paint as a living which the artist purchased from him, wrote the essay for Torres-García's Galerie Carmine show in 1927. In his memoir, "Historia de mi vida," Torres-García said that it was one of the best things that was ever written about his work.
Provenance
Private collection, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Christie's London, March 28, 1980, Anon. Sale, lot 234.
Christie's New York, November 28, 1984, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 124, ill. p. 119.
Private collection, Washington D. C.
Private collection, New York
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
Private collection, Ecuador
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 28, 1998, Latin American Sale, lot 149, ill. p. 141.
Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 2022, Modern Art Day Auction, lot 578.
Exhibitions
1996 Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, The Still Life, February 22–May 31, 1996, no. 26.Record last updated November 17, 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. "Nature morte avec oranges, 1927 (1927.20)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=606 (accessed on September 11, 2025).