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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1933.02 (estate: 542)
Formas trabadas anímicas
Alternate title: Formes animistes assemblées
1933
Tempera on cardboard
41 3/8 x 29 11/16 in. (106 x 75.5 cm)
Signed lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA; Dated lower center: 33
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Private collection
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Christie's London, February 6, 2007, Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, lot 71, ill. p. 215.
Christie's New York, May 26, 2011, Latin American Sale, lot 27, ill. p. 58.
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Exhibitions
1954 Ateneo de Montevideo
Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954.1980 Meredith Long Contemporary
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, Joaquín Torres-García Paintings: 1929- 1943, March 12–29, 1980. (Meredith Long Contemporary 1980), no. 6, ill. Traveled to: Meredith Long & Contemporary, Houston, May 1980.1981 Museo de Arte Moderno
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949), February 5–March 15, 1981. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 10.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 72, ill., p. 66. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.1987 Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987, July 28–September 13, 1987, ill., p. 229. Traveled to: The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, October 10–December 6, 1987; Center for Art, Miami, January 15–March 4, 1988; Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, March 25–May 2, 1988.2001 Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa
Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García: Dibujos, January 15–February 25, 2001, no. 63, ill., p. 175.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 254, ill., p. 265.2006 Oriol Galería d'Art
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: 30 pinturas de 1919 a 1949: New York-Paris-Madrid-Montevideo, June 22–September 22, 2006, no. 14, ill., p. 47.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 15 and 160. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.Published References
Cortina 1980
Cortina, Leonor. "Joaquín Torres-García, apóstol de la pintura hispanoamericana." El Sol de México, March 22, 1980, ill. p. 1.Tibol 1981
Tibol, Raquel. "Descripción de una muestra de J.T.G." Proceso, Semanario de información y Análisis (Mexico), no. 227 (March 9, 1981), ill. p. 49.La Semana de Bellas Artes 1982
[no title]. La Semana de Bellas Artes: Nuevos Valores de la Literatura Uruguaya 216 (January 20, 1987), ill. on cover.Building Design 1986
"Beyond the Fringe." Building Design (London) (January 17, 1986), ill. p. 20.Pierre 1986
Pierre, Jean. "Torres-García, Constructivisme Figuratif." Beaux Arts (Paris) (February 1986), ill.Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 1991
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. La escuela del sur: el Taller Torres-Garcia y su legado. Madrid, 1991. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 25.Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne 1993
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne. Art d'Amerique latine: 1911- 1968. Paris, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 312, as Formes animistes assemblées.Fló 2006
Fló, Juan. "Joaquín Torres García y el arte prehispánico." In Imaginarios Prehispánicos en el Arte Uruguayo:1870-1970, Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena. Montevideo, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 6, ill. p. 60, as Formas trabadas anímicas
.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 211, no. 6.51.Record last updated August 14, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Formas trabadas anímicas, 1933 (1933.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1369 (accessed on May 3, 2024).