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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1928
1928.08 (estate: 195)
Café de París
Alternate title: Café de París (Paris Café)
1928
Oil on canvas
11 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (29.2 x 43 cm)
Signed lower right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower left: 28
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Christie's New York, December 1, 1981, lot 1, ill.
Private collection
Daniela Chappard Foundation, New York
Sotheby's, New York, May 18, 2018, La Escuela del Sur: Property from the Estate of Bernard Chappard Online, lot 3.
Private collection
Exhibitions
1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 51. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
2022 Ortuzar Projects
Ortuzar Projects, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Toys, January 27–March 12, 2022, as Café de París (Paris Café).
2024–25 Sala Parés
Sala Parés, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: Between Noucentisme and Avant-gardes (1891-1934), November 30, 2024–February 1, 2025, no. 84, ill., p. 55.
Record last updated April 25, 2025. 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. "Café de París, 1928 (1928.08)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=694 (accessed on August 24, 2025).