Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Keywords
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1930.38
Escena callejera
Alternate titles: Calle de Paris; Constructivismo
1930
Oil on canvas
22 x 30 3/4 in. (55.7 x 78 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: J. Torres GARCIA 30
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection
Exhibitions
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 113, as Calle de Paris.
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 83, as Constructivismo.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 48, ill., p. 88. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 322.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., 149.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 212, ill., p. 352. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 12, ill., p. 43.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 33, ill., p. 83.
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, A Vanguarda no Uruguai: Barradas e Torres-García, May 30–June 21, 1996, no. 80, ill., p. 82. Traveled to: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, August 1–30, 1996.
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, A Coleçao Costantini, May 1998, ill., p. 159.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Arte en América Latina, September 21–November 18, 2001, no. 31.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Artistas modernos Rioplatenses en Europa, 1911- 1924: La experiencia de la vanguardia, October 17, 2002–January 27, 2003, no. 74, ill., p. 79.
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 136.
Lorente, Manuel. "Antología del arte iberoamericano del siglo XX." ABC de las artes (Seville), August 21, 1992, ill. p. 35.
"Muestra de Barradas y Torres García." La Mañana (Montevideo), September 19, 1995, ill.
Amorin, Mayling Carro. "Colección Costantini - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales: egregia consecuencia." La Mañana (Montevideo), September 14, 1996, ill. p. 9, as Escena callejera.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Colección Costantini en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires: Skira, 1996, ill. p. 155.
A coleçao Costantini no MAM Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Fundación Eduardo Costantini, 1998, ill. p. 203.
The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artist in the 20th Century. Munich: Prestel, 2000, ill. p. 323.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 170, no. 5.72.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 5 and 55.
Record last updated June 3, 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. "Escena callejera, 1930 (1930.38)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=986 (accessed on July 12, 2025).