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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1929
1929.44 (estate: 142)
Dirigible
1929
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/4 in. (38.1 x 46.3 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 29
Exhibitions
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 13, ill., p. 46. 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.
Published References
Chapin 1971
Chapin, Louis. The Christian Science Monitor, February 3, 1971, ill.
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Dirigible, 1929 (1929.44). In 1929, while living in Paris, Joaquín Torres-García encountered a coverage of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin’s celebrated around the world flight in the magazine L'Ilustration dated September 14, 1929.
In 1929, while living in Paris, Joaquín Torres-García encountered a coverage of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin’s celebrated around the world flight in the magazine L'Ilustration dated September 14, 1929.
Dirigible, 1929 (1929.44). The airship, then a global symbol of modern technology and speed, likely inspired his painting Dirigible of that same year.
The airship, then a global symbol of modern technology and speed, likely inspired his painting Dirigible of that same year.
Record last updated May 1, 2026. 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. "Dirigible, 1929 (1929.44)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=927 (accessed on May 26, 2026).