Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1928.185
Adam and Eve
1928
Oil on board
31 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (79.4 x 64.1 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres GARCIA; dated lower right: 28
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art, August 4–October 31, 1968.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 9, ill., p. 42. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island, The First America: Selections from the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art, 1986–87, no. 1, ill., p. 19. Traveled to: Americas Society / Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, January 13–April 5, 1987; El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, June 7–July 31, 1987; Boston University Art Gallery, Massachusetts, September 11–October 25, 1987; Gainesville University Gallery / University of Florida, Florida, November 13–December 20, 1987.
Published References
Fló, Juan. "El Centenario Joaquín Torres-García, un destino americano." Crisis (Buenos Aires) año 2, no. 16 (August 1974), ill. p. 72.
Record last updated June 24, 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. "Adam and Eve, 1928 (1928.185)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=861 (accessed on November 7, 2025).