Live Auction 15459Latin American Art
Augusto Torres (1913-1992)
Lot 14 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION

Augusto Torres (1913-1992)

Composición Universal-Razón

Closed24 May 2018

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Augusto Torres (1913-1992)
Composición Universal-Razón
signed and dated 'A. Torres, 1954' (lower right)
oil on burlap
38 ¼ x 80 in. (97.1 x 203.2 cm.)
Painted in 1954.

Private collection, Montevideo.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 21 November 1995, lot 93.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

We are grateful to Cecilia de Torres for confirming authenticity and her assistance in cataloguing this work.

Augusto Torres executed a mural now at the Sindicato Médico in Montevideo based on this work in 1954.