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Artists›Joaquín Torres-García

Joaquín Torres-García

Uruguayan-Spanish, 1874–1949

WA-00023881

Montevideo, Uruguay

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ520713

MoMA

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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/joaquin-torres-garcia
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/joaquin-torres-garcia
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5907
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (18)

The Port

1942 · Oil on board

31 3/8 x 39 7/8" (79.7 x 101.3 cm)

16 1/8 x 14 5/8" (40.9 x 37.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Construction in White and Black

1938 · Glue tempera on cardboard mounted on wood

31 3/4 x 40 1/8" (80.7 x 102 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 45) from 23 Gravures

1934 · Woodcut from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut

composition: 6 13/16 × 5 1/4" (17.3 × 13.3 cm); sheet: 11 × 9 13/16" (27.9 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Composición Constructiva

1932 · oil on canvas

77.9 x 58.1 cm (30 11/16 x 22 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Object with Number 1

1932 · Oil and nails on wood

47 × 22.5 × 9.2 cm (18 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition

1932 · Oil on canvas

28 1/4 x 19 3/4" (71.8 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition

1932 · Ink and pencil on brown paper

8 7/8 x 7 1/4" (22.5 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Construction with Curved Forms

1931 · Oil and nails on wood

19 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 1/2" (49.5 x 41 x 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition

1931 · Oil on canvas

36 1/8 x 24" (91.7 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (tipped onto folio preceding page 1) from LA REGLA ABSTRACTA

1931 · Illustrated book with one woodcut and one supplementary duplicate woodcut

ea. irreg. composition 11 5/16 x 8 3/16" (28.8 x 20.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Duplicate of plate (inserted supplementary plate) from LA REGLA ABSTRACTA

24 x 20" (61 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Figures)

1927 · Oil on canvas

28 x 37 3/4" (71.1 x 95.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Guitar

1924 · Painted wood

12 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/8" (37.7 x 10 x 7.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street Scene

1920 · Oil on canvas

39 1/8 x 32" (99.4 x 81.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Discovery of Oneself

1917 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

17.7 × 13.6 cm (7 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

18 published of 33 catalogued · 24 with image

MoMA
15 publishedof 30 catalogued22 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

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1 entries · 1 sources

Composición Constructiva
1932 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Christie's

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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