Block Toys by Joaquín Torres García

Joaquín Torres García block toys

Joaquín Torres García block toys

Joaquín Torres García block toys

Cre­ated by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Tor­res Gar­cía for the Aladdin Toy Com­pany, a busi­ness he started due to a lack of income from his art.

via Stu­dio TOTA

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5 Comments | Categories: Toys, Vintage
  • deb

    Thanks this, I love wooden toys and saw some great cir­cus ones on three potato four. They remind me of Garcia’s work. I’m going to read up on this.

  • aarich­jes­pers

    Do you know where you can buy toys from Torres-Garcia?

  • http://www.handmadecharlotte.com hand­made charlotte

    Repro­duc­tions are avail­able at the Tor­res Gar­cía Museum in Mon­te­v­ideo (http://tienda.torresgarcia.org.uy) with prices rang­ing from $100 to $180. The orig­i­nal toys sur­face from time to time at auc­tions, where they com­mand high prices (as an exam­ple, a small wooden rock­ing horse sold for $12,000 in Feb. 2009).

    Unfor­tu­nately, I don’t have much infor­ma­tion for you. It’s a shame the toys are not more read­ily avail­able, they really are beautiful!

  • aarich­jes­pers

    Do you know where you can buy toys from Torres-Garcia?

  • http://www.handmadecharlotte.com hand­made charlotte

    Repro­duc­tions are avail­able at the Tor­res Gar­cía Museum in Mon­te­v­ideo (http://tienda.torresgarcia.org.uy) with prices rang­ing from $100 to $180. The orig­i­nal toys sur­face from time to time at auc­tions, where they com­mand high prices (as an exam­ple, a small wooden rock­ing horse sold for $12,000 in Feb. 2009).

    Unfor­tu­nately, I don’t have much infor­ma­tion for you. It’s a shame the toys are not more read­ily avail­able, they really are beautiful!