
© Estate of Joaquín Torres-García / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid
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© Estate of Joaquín Torres-García / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid
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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), 1943
oil on board
support: 20 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches (52.07 x 67.63 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand J. Castellani, 1979
1979:30
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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
Class
Paintings
Work Type
Oil painting
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