Joaquín Torres-García papers, circa 1904-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Taller Torres-García, Salvat-Papasseit, Joan, 1894-1924, Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966, Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944, Torres-García, Joaquín, 1874-1949, Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, Amigos del Arte (Association : Buenos Aires, Argentina), Arzadun, Carmelo de, 1888-1968, Asociación de Arte Constructivo, Cine Club del Uruguay, Doesburg, Theo van, 1883-1931, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and Miró, Joan, 1893-1983
Abstract:
Uruguayan constructivist painter. Papers comprise published and unpublished manuscripts (including those by and about Torres-Garcia), sketches, charts, pamphlets, reviews of exhibitions, gallery notices, and art journals and catalogs. The collection also includes photocopies of Torres-Garcia's letters, manuscripts, and reviews. The development and impact of Torres-Garcia's art and ideas is traced through publications by groups affiliated with Torres-Garcia, including the Asociacíon de Arte Constructivo and El Taller Torres-García.
Extent:
5 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language:
Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

Joaquin Torres-Garcia papers, ca. 1904-1994, Research Library, The Getty Research Insititute, Accession no. 960087.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa960087

Background

Scope and content:

The papers document Torres-García's artistic development and career through unpublished manuscripts and sketches, publications by Torres-García and the groups Asociacíon de Arte Constructivo and El Taller Torres-García, and ephemera. Included are manifestoes and pamphlets, invitations and announcements for exhibitions, clippings of exhibition reviews, books by and about Torres-García, art periodicals and catalogs, as well as photocopies of letters, manuscripts and reviews.

Biographical / historical:

Joaquín Torres-García was a Uruguayan constructivist painter influenced by Surrealism, abstract geometry, and Pre-Columbian art. He lived and worked in Catalonia, New York City, Paris, and Montevideo.

Arrangement:

The papers are organized in 5 series, each arranged chronologically.

Series I. Manuscripts, c. 1911-1943;

Series II. Correspondence and writing (photocopies), ca. 1912-1943;

Series III. Publications, ca. 1914-1959;

Series IV. Ephemera, ca. 1904-1991;

Series V. Clippings, ca. 1942-1994

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
archives, personal papers, and manuscripts

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Joaquin Torres-Garcia papers, ca. 1904-1994, Research Library, The Getty Research Insititute, Accession no. 960087.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa960087

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Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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