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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1930
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
Francisco Matto, Montevideo (acquired from the artist)
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection
Eduardo Costantini, Buenos Aires
Colección MALBA / Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 113, as Calle de Paris.
1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 83, as Constructivismo.
1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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.
1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 322.
1993 Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., 149.
1993 Museum of Modern Art
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).
1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 12, ill., p. 43.
1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 33, ill., p. 83.
1996 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
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.
1998a Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, A Coleçao Costantini, May 1998, ill., p. 159.
2001 MALBA
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Arte en América Latina, September 21–November 18, 2001, no. 31.
2002–03 MALBA
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 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 136.
Lorente 1992
Lorente, Manuel. "Antología del arte iberoamericano del siglo XX." ABC de las artes (Seville), August 21, 1992, ill. p. 35.
La Mañana 1995b
"Muestra de Barradas y Torres García." La Mañana (Montevideo), September 19, 1995, ill.
Amorin 1996
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 1996b
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Colección Costantini en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires: Skira, 1996, ill. p. 155.
Fundación Eduardo Costantini 1998
A coleçao Costantini no MAM Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Fundación Eduardo Costantini, 1998, ill. p. 203.
Prestel 2000
The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artist in the 20th Century. Munich: Prestel, 2000, ill. p. 323.
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 170, no. 5.72.
Sanchez Vidal 2012
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).