Joaquín Torres-García

Uruguayan, active in Spain and France, 1874-1949

Arte abstracto a cinco tonos y complementarios (Abstract Art in Five Tones and Complementaries)

Arte abstracto a cinco tonos y complementarios (Abstract Art in Five Tones and Complementaries), 1943

oil on board

support: 20 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches (52.07 x 67.63 cm); framed: 27 1/8 x 33 x 2 3/4 inches (68.9 x 83.82 x 6.99 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand J. Castellani, 1979

1979:30

Inscriptions:

signature, undated / lower left / JTG

date / center / 1943

object text / front / ARTE ABSTRACTO [upper center] SIGLO XX [upper right] / 1943 [center] / JTG [lower left] / MONTEVIDEO [lower right]

Provenance:

uUntil about 1961, the estate of the artist, Montevideo, Uruguay;
ca. 1961, acquired from the estate by Rose Fried Gallery, New York;
December 1977, purchased by Armand J. [1918-2002] and Eleanor Castellani [d. 2008], Niagara Falls, New York, at the Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, sale no. 4064, December 16, 1977, lot no. 104;
December 27, 1979, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Castellani to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo