Live Auction 3745Latin American Art
Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Lot 2

Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)

Mesa de café con hombre leyendo

Closed28 May 2015

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Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)
Mesa de café con hombre leyendo
signed 'JTG' (lower left) dated '40' (lower right)
oil on cardboard
16½ x 20 3/8 in. (42 x 51.5 cm.)
Painted in 1940.

Estate of the artist, 1949.
Joaquín Torres-García Family Collection.
Ifigenia Torres Piña.
Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres.
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva.
Acquired from the above.

Specialist note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Joaquín Torres-García Archive of Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres, signed by Alejandra Torres and dated 13 January 2015.

We are grateful to Cecilia de Torres for her assistance cataloguing this work.