ID 821044
Lot 21 | Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Personajes
signed and dated 'JTG 40' (lower left)
oil on board
15 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (38.7 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Provenance
Perrin-Royer-Lajeneusse, Versailles.
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1992, lot 47.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. de Torres, e. al., "Personajes, 1940 (1940.29)," Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné, http://torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1649 (accessed April 24, 2022).
E. White, "Existential Noir: On the Fiction of Juan Carlos Onetti." Harper's Magazine (March 13, 2020), ill. as Hombre con sombrero (Man with Hat).
Exhibited
Madrid, Galerie Levy, October-November 1989, no. 10 (illustrated).
Montevideo, Uruguay, Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Exposición J. Torres-García, August, 1951, no. 191.
| Artist: | Joaquín Torres García (1874 - 1949) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Abstract art |
| Place of origin: | South America, Uruguay |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Joaquín Torres García (1874 - 1949) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Abstract art |
| Place of origin: | South America, Uruguay |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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