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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On canvas

Year: 1928

1928.07

Trois primitives

Alternate title: Trois africains

1928

Oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm)

Signed and dated upper right: J. Torres-GARCIA 28

Provenance

Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris

Heléné Anavi, Paris

Sotheby's, London, United Kingdom, March 27, 1984, The Hélène Anaví Collection of Surrealist and Post-War Art, lot 91, ill.

Private collection, Barcelona

Sotheby's New York, New York, November 23, 1999, Latin American Art, lot 121, ill. p. 119.

Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid

Exhibitions

1984 CDS Gallery

CDS Gallery, New York, Latin American Painting, November 27, 1984–January 5, 1985.

1990 Galerie Marwan Hoss

Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 42.

2007 Museo de Pontevedra

Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, A Vangarda Cotia: Torres García e Barradas, 1917-1929, July 6–September 2, 2007, ill., p. 106.

Published References

Maslach 1998

Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 344, no. 154.

Rowell 2009

Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 44.

Record last updated June 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. "Trois primitives, 1928 (1928.07)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=693 (accessed on December 19, 2025).