Skip to main content

El Taller Torres-Garcia / Torres-Garcia, Joaquin ; Ramirez, Mari Carmen, editor ; Seuphor M., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-27386-28426

  • Staff Only
  • Please navigate to collection organization to place requests.

Scope and Contents

Subtitled " The School of the South and its Legacy," this book was published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin. This publication documents a chapter in the history of modern latin American art through the workshop school established by Torres-Garcia upon his return to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1934. The book is organized into the following sections: The Asociacion de Arte Constructivo, 1934-1942; El Taller Torres-Garcia, 1943-1962; The Contemporary Legacy. In addition to extensive photographs and reproductions, there is a checklist of artists included in the exhibition, biographies of the participants, and an extensive bibliography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (394 pages)) : illustrations (some color) ; 31 x 22 x 3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf alphabeti

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press; Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery. Nationality of creator: Uruguayan and American. General: Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

Contact:
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921