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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
1929.31 (estate: 278)
Composition portuaire
1929
Oil on canvas
19 3/4 x 24 in. (50 x 61 cm)
Signed and dated upper right: J. Torres-GARCIA 29
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Royal Marks Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 22, 1993, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 42, ill.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 19.1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 1.1967 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 10.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 9.1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 67, ill., p. 92. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1980 Galería Siete Siete
Galería Siete Siete, Caracas, Joaquín Torres-García, época de Paris, 1926-1932, May–June 1980, no. 5, ill.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 164, no. 219.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 348, no. 172.Record last updated April 5, 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. "Composition portuaire, 1929 (1929.31)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=914 (accessed on June 22, 2025).