Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1928.184 (estate: 209)
Nature morte cafetière
Alternate title: Composición
1928
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 28
Private collection, Barcelona
Provenance
Exhibitions
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 53, ill., p. 81 (Spanish version p. 89). Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Sala Dalmau, Barcelona, Spain, J. Torres García 1874 - 1949: 30 Anys de Galeria, November 10–December 30, 2009.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, May 7–July 5, 2015, ill., p. 61, as Composición.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 67. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill.
Benvenuto, Sergio. "Joaquín Torres-García El Pintor." Artes (Montevideo) año 1, no. 2 (August 1959), ill. p. 7.
Vignolo, Luis H. "Reencuentro con la tradición española en la pintura de Torres Garcia." Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura (Montevideo), no. 2 (May 1960), ill. p. 33.
Record last updated June 15, 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. "Nature morte cafetière, 1928 (1928.184)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=860 (accessed on November 7, 2025).