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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On canvas

Year: 1928

1928.14 (estate: 440)

Deux figures avec fond noir et rouge

1928

Oil on canvas

15 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (38.5 x 36.5 cm)

Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 28

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo

Estate of Ifigenia Torres

Private collection, New Jersey

Private collection, Lima (acquired from the above by the present owner)

Christie's, New York, November 22, 2017, Latin American Art, lot 101, ill. p. 190

Exhibitions

1980 Galería Siete Siete

Galería Siete Siete, Caracas, Joaquín Torres-García, época de Paris, 1926-1932, May–June 1980, no. 15.

Record last updated December 8, 2017. 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. "Deux figures avec fond noir et rouge, 1928 (1928.14)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=700 (accessed on September 10, 2025).