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  • Painting of two nude blockish figures embracing and kissing against a gray-brown background with a single narrow tree.

Joaquín Torres-García

Adam and Eve

Maker

Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan, 1874-1949)

Title

Adam and Eve

Year

1928

Medium

  • Oil on board

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on board

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • board

Dimensions

79.4 x 64.5 cm (31 1/4 x 25 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LL:J. Torres GARCIA dated LR:28

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

Object Number

66.314

Type

  • Paintings

Publications

  • Books

The First America: Selections From the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art: An Exhibition of Works from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Alt Author: Author Stringer, John, New England Foundation for the Arts.

Exhibition History

From the Reserve III
Cubist Painting
Jul 08, 1994 – Dec 04, 1994
Migrations
Latin American Art and the Modernist Imagination
Feb 21, 1992 – Apr 26, 1992
Del Nuevo Mundo
The Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art
Jun 17, 1988 – Sep 04, 1988
The Nancy Sayles Day Collection
Jan 04, 1977 – Feb 06, 1977

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Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan, 1874-1949)
Adam and Eve, 1928
Oil on board
79.4 x 64.5 cm (31 1/4 x 25 3/8 inches)
Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art 66.314

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