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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
1928.177 (estate: 891)
Calle abstracta
Alternate title: Tabac
1928
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 3/16 in. (46 x 38.5 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 28
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Private collection
Exhibitions
1987 Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 4 Artistas Sur Americanos: Torres García, Figari, Barradas, Cuneo, Summer 1987, no. 12, ill., p. 17.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 24.2002 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, as Tabac. 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. 68.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 106, ill., p. 122.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 66. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.2024–2025 Joaquín Torres-García. Ensayo y convicción
Museo nacional de bellas artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic, Joaquín Torres-García. Ensayo y convicción, November 2024–March 2025, ill., p. 75.Published References
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 150, no. 5.41.Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 48, fig. 15.Record last updated February 28, 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. "Calle abstracta, 1928 (1928.177)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=854 (accessed on September 13, 2025).