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Classification: Painting
Medium: Tempera
Support: Canvas
Year: 1937
1937.26 (estate: 529)
Estructura abstracta tubular
Alternate title: Abstracta
1937
Tempera on canvas
46 1/2 x 78 3/4 in. (118 x 200 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 37
Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 36, ill., p. 69. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 8, ill.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 87, ill., p. 131. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 40, ill., p. 140.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 150. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 201, no. 281.
Torres-García, Joaquín. Universalismo Constructivo. Vol. 5. Madrid: Alianza, 1984, ill. no. 5.
Boix, Esther. Reason and Dream: From Cubism to Surrealism. Of Modern Art II. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1995, ill. p. 19, fig. 23.
"Hitos del arte latinoamericano." El Universal (Caracas), July 25, 1999, ill. p. 4-5.
Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires - Montevideo 1933-1953. New York, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28, fig. 12.
Rosso, Michela. "Joaquín Torres-García y David Alfaro Siqueiros: una historia de encuentros y desencuentros." Materia 5 (Barcelona) (2005), ill. p. 141, as Abstracta.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 228, no 7.28.
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 26. fig. 6.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 63.
Record last updated October 21, 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. "Estructura abstracta tubular, 1937 (1937.26)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1488 (accessed on May 18, 2024).