Horacio Torres
Composición con figuras

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Artist Horacio Torres (Uruguayan, born Italy, 1924–1976)Uruguayan, born Italy, 1924–1976

CultureUruguayan

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Composición con figuras
Composition with Figures

Date1975

PlaceUruguay

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions70 × 95 in.

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Colletta Lake Ray

Object number75.40

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; sold through Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Houston; sold to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Recent Paintings by Horacio Torres," Watson/de Nagy and Company, Houston, Texas, August 27 - September 13, 1975 (LN:75.10)

Exhibited: "A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 October 1980 - 4 January, 1981.

Exhibited: "Horacio Torres," The Edmonton Art Gallery, November 12, 1982 - January 9, 1983 (LN:82.33).

Exhibited: "Latin American Artists in New York Since 1970," The Archer Huntington Art Gallery, Universtiy of Texas, Austin, September 4 - October 18 , 1987 (LN:87.32).

Exhibited: "The School of the South: El Taller Torres-Garcia and Its Legacy," organized by The Archer Huntington Art Gallery, Universtiy of Texas, Austin, TX. At Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, June 18 - August 12, 1991; The Archer Huntington Art Gallery, Universtiy of Texas, Austin, September 15 - December 8, 1991; Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, January 23 - April 5, 1992; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, September 22, 1992 - January 10, 1993; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, March 2 - June 6, 1993 (LN:91.17).

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