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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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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 August 22, 2025).