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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1927.40
Escena bucólica
Alternate title: Escena bucólica neoclásica
1927
Oil on canvas
26 7/16 x 39 3/4 in. (67.2 x 101 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J. Torres-GARCIA 27
Private collection, Montevideo
Provenance
Private collection, Barcelona
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 18, 1995, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 153, ill.
Castells & Castells, Montevideo, November 1997
Gomensoro & Castells, Montevideo, June 23, 1998, Grandes Maestros Uruguayos Taller Torres García y Otros, lot 82, ill. p. 39.
Gomensoro, Montevideo, December 15, 1998, lot 86, ill. p. 14-15 and detail on cover.
Castells & Castells, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 14, 2000, Taller Torres García, lot 35, ill. p. 25.
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1974 Galería Artur Ramón
Galería Artur Ramón, Barcelona, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García: épocas figurativas, March–April 1974, no. 19, ill.1974 Galería Biosca
Galería Biosca, Madrid, Exposición J. Torres-García, June 5–28, 1974, no. 8, ill.1976 Galería Dau al Set
Galería Dau al Set, Barcelona, Spain, J. Torres-García (1874-1949), November 1976, no. 44.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 18.1997 Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 6, ill., p. 49. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.1997 Cultural Rioja
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 9, ill., p. 76. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.Published References
La Prensa 1997
"El arte uruguayo se mudó de orilla." La Prensa (Buenos Aires), November 11, 1997, ill. p. 39, as Escena bucólica.Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 39. ill. p. 38.Gráfica Mosca 2011
Arte Uruguayo E/M/V/S. Montevideo: Gráfica Mosca, 2011, as Escena bucólica neoclásica.Record last updated January 26, 2018. 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. "Escena bucólica, 1927 (1927.40)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=621 (accessed on March 7, 2026).