Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
José Gurvich
Two men in a BA café, 1957, Oil on wood, 12 x 17¾ in. 30,5 x 45 cm.
Stripes, c. 1960, Oil on board, 16¾ x 25⅛ in. 42,5 x 63,8 cm.
Proporción constructiva, 1959, Oil on board, 16¼ x 21⅛ in. 41,3 x 53,5 cm.
Stripes in color, 1962, Oil on board, 19⅝ x 23⅝ in. 50 x 59,5 cm.
Primavera, 1952, Oil on board, 20½ x 17⅜ in. 52 x 44 cm.
Relief, 1962, Oil on board, 23 x 19 in. 58,5 x 48 cm.
White relief, 1962, Oil on board, 15¾ x 30¼ in. 39,5 x 77 cm.
Couple with Half Moon, 1962, Oil on incised wood, 11 x 12¼ in. 28 x 31 cm.
Stripes, 1962, Oil on board, 16½ x 25¼ in. 42 x 54 cm.
Man, sun, life, 1963, Oil on board, 16 x 19¼ in. 40,6 x 49 cm.
Montevideo, 1957, Oil on canvas, 15¾ x 20 in. 40 x 51 cm.
Kibbutz shepard on donkey, 1956, Oil on board, 7¾ x 9¾ in. 19,7 x 24,8 cm.
Javer and Javera, 1966, Oil on jute, 49½ x 35¾ in. 125 x 91 cm.
Sacrifice of Isaac, 1970, Tempera on paper, mounted on canvas, 23⅝ x 18⅞ in. 60 x 48 cm.
Forms, 1971, Ink and tempera on paper, 11¾ x 17¾ in. 30 x 45 cm.
Collage, 1966, Tempera and collage on paper, 12⅝ x 15⅜ in. 32 x 39 cm.
Organic forms, c. 1964, Tempera on paper, 13 x 18½ in. 33 x 47 cm.
Organic forms, c. 1964, Tempera on paper, 12¾ x 18 in. 32,4 x 45,7 cm.
Floating forms, 1966, Tempera and ink on paper, 13¼ x 18¾ in. 33,6 x 47,6 cm.
Dancing forms in black and white, 1966, Ink and tempera, 11 x 15 in. 28 x 38 cm.
Floating forms, 1966, Tempera and ink on paper, 13¼ x 18¾ in. 33,6 x 47,6 cm.
TTG, 1952, Ink on paper, 13 x 9½ in. 33 x 24 cm.
Universal figure, 1972, Ceramic, 9½ x 5½ x 2½ in. 24 x 14 x 6,3 cm.
José Gurvich in his Cerro studio, Montevideo, c. 1960s
Born in Lithuania, 1927; died in New York, 1974.
A violin student along with Horacio, the younger son of Torres-García, Gurvich studied with Torres-García and was a part of the Taller Torres-García until 1962. He spent several years on an Israeli kibbutz and traveled in France and Italy before settling in New York in 1970. Gurvich achieved a unique style as well as technical mastery. His work is populated with figures and images that combine the iconography of his Jewish upbringing, the formative years with Torres-García, his great admiration for Breughel and Bosch and a life spent in Montevideo, Israel and New York.
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Constructive Imagination
Americas Society 2005 exhibition catalogue; Essays by Mary Enrique Schneider & Cecilia de Torres; Chronology; 96 pages, 43 color & 27 black and white reproductions.
$ 20.00 + postage
Murales, Esculturas y Objetos
José Gurvich’s witty, beautifully sculpted terracotta figures, display his unique intuitive expressiveness. Showcased in this well-produced catalogue are his constructivist murals and his passion for the physical object.
Essays by Cecilia de Torres & Alicia Haber Chronology with 32 black and white documentary photographs, 150 color reproductions, 264 pages, 11½ x 9 in.
Published by Fundación Gurvich, Montevideo
$ 50.00 + postage
"...Pero yo voy a pintar"
Published in conjunction with the 1997 retrospective exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Essay by Angel Kalenberg; In Spanish; 255 pages, 100+ color plates, numerous black and white illustrations
Softcover: $ 70.00 + postage Hardcover: $ 100.00 + postage
A Song to Life
Catalogue of the 1999-2000 exhibition: Un Canto a la Vida. An extensive compilation of works from the collection of the artist's family.
Preface by Edward J. Sullivan Essay by Alicia Haber; 256 pgs. 100+ color plates, 100+ black and white illustrations; Available in English & Spanish editions
$ 40.00 + postage
JOSÉ GURVICH
The catalogue essay provides a profile of Gurvich that is both personal and well informed. Gurvich was the teacher of Ms. de Torres at the famed Taller Torres-Garcia and a close friend. This portrait of Gurvich's artistic motivations and life are explored with the insight of student, friend, and internationally recognized authority of Torres-Garcia and the artists of the School of the South. It gives the reader an intimate view of this exceptional artist and wonderful man.
Essay by Cecilia de Torres, 20 color plates, 14 black & white illustrationsm, 48 pages.
$ 20.00 + postage
2006 Winter
Works ON & OF Paper - Modern and Contemporary
2005 Autumn
José Gurvich - Americas Society exhibition
2005 Autumn
Modernism: Montevideo & Buenos Aires 1930-1960
2001 - 2002 Winter
José Gurvich - Paintings and Drawings
2000 Summer
The Still Life
1996 Spring
65 Years of Constructivist Wood: 1930-1995
1995 Autumn
José Gurvich - 1927-1974
1994 Winter