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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1928.59
Trois figures primitives
1928
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower center: 28
Private collection, Barcelona
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Sotheby's, New York, November 26, 1996, lot 120, ills.
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 27, 2004, Latin American Art, lot 107, ill. p. 152.
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Private collection, Barcelona
Exhibitions
1928 Galerie Zak
Galerie Zak, Paris, Quelques Peintures récentes et rétrospectives de Torrès-García, December 1–7, 1928.2007 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, A Vangarda Cotia: Torres García e Barradas, 1917-1929, July 6–September 2, 2007, ill., p. 107.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 103. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.2015 Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, May 7–July 5, 2015, ill., p. 53.Published References
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 135, no. 5.16.Record last updated February 26, 2016. 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 figures primitives, 1928 (1928.59)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=744 (accessed on July 8, 2025).