Artwork Images:
Provenance:
Private collection
Christie’s, New York, May 17, 1989, lot 125, ill. p. 143.
Private collection
Christie’s, New York, May 28, 1997, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot 115, ill. p. 168.
Private Collection, New York
Daniela Chappard Foundation, New York
Sotheby’s, New York, May 15, 2018, Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, lot 173.
Private collection
Sotheby’s, New York, March 5, 2024, Modern Discoveries, lot 1318
Exhibited:
1997–98 IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García, September 18, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 91, ill., p. 171. Traveled to: La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1998.
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 145.
2006 Espace Bellevue Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France, Passion et raison d’un esprit constructif: Une Conquete de l’Art D’Amerique Latine: Oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chappard, June 27–September 30, 2006, no. 28, ill., p. 50, as Le Village.
2010–11 Museo Picasso Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, Toys of the Avant-Garde, October 2010–January 2011. (Museo Picasso Málaga 2011), ill., p. 290, 370.
Literature:
Lucie-Smith 1993Lucie-Smith, Edward. Latin American Art of the 20th Century. London: Thames & Hudson, 1993, no. 62, ill. p. 80, as A set of wooden toys.
De Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. “The Catalogue.” Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. Illustrated on page 41, no. T4.612
