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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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, Caracas
Christie's New York, May 22, 1986, Latin American Sale, lot 38, ill. p. 43.
Private collection
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 25, as Puerto.1991 Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1991.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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, 1991.1992b Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Torres-García, Summer 1992, no. 15, ill., p. 23, as Barrio de puerto.1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 8, ill., p. 41.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
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).2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 71.Published References
Arte al Día 1992
Arte al Día Edición Especial (Verano 1992), ill. on cover.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 349, no. 177.Gradowczyk 2007
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).