Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1928.103 (estate: 770)
Quartier de port
Alternate titles: Barrio de puerto; Puerto
1928
Oil on cardboard
20 x 29 3/8 in. (50 x 74.5 cm)
Signed upper right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper left: 28
Private collection, Montevideo
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, Caracas
Private collection
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 25, as Puerto.
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1991.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 38, ill., p. 78. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Torres-García, Summer 1992, no. 15, ill., p. 23, as Barrio de puerto.
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 8, ill., p. 41.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 58. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 71.
Published References
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 349, no. 177.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 143, no. 5.29.
Record last updated April 9, 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. "Quartier de port, 1928 (1928.103)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=787 (accessed on August 25, 2025).