Lot 7
  • 7

Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949)

Estimate
250,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Joaquín Torres-García
  • Composición con sol
  • signed and dated 43 lower left
  • oil on board laid down on wood
  • 18 3/4 by 20 3/4 in.
  • 47.6 by 52.7 cm

Provenance

Estate of the Artist, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery (February 1961)
Prof. Jaquin and Gloria Bierman collection, Miami Beach

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, Torres García and his workshop, February 2-March 13, 1950, no. 6

Literature

Jane Watson Crane, "Torres-García Was a Teacher", The Washington Post, Sunday February 5, 1950, p. 6l, illustrated
Joaquín Torres-Garcia, Universalismo Constructivo. Contribución a la unificación del arte y la cultura de América. Buenos Aires, 1944, no. III, p. 753, also illustrated on the cover

Condition

This work has been recently cleaned. Under UV light inspection, there are some very small retouches: one in the lower left quadrant, another small one in the lower right quadrant and two small spots on the upper right quadrant. Overall, this work is in excellent condition.
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