Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1938.32 (estate: 544)
Formas estructuradas en blanco y relieve
Alternate title: Composition (Composición)
1938
Gouache on cardboard
32 x 39 7/8 in. (81.3 x 101.3 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J.TG 38
Signed lower left: AAÇ
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nelson Pharr, New York
Exhibitions
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 12, ill.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Modern Masters, November–December 1960, ill.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 18. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 39, ill., p. 72. 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.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, ill., p. 82 no. 96. 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.
Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, Contrastes de forma: Abstracción Geométrica 1910-1980, April 17–June 8, 1986, ill., p. 212.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New Harmony: Abstraction Between the Wars 1919-1939, May 10–September 8, 2013.
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, Panoramas de la ciudad: la escuela de Paris 1900-1945, April 22–October 23, 2016.
Published References
"New York Letter, Art Dealers on Parade, The Show at Parke-Bernet." Apollo vol. 78, no. 17 (July 1963), ill. p. 63.
Suro, Darío. "Torres García." ¡Ahora! (Santo Domingo) año III, no. 67 (July 20, 1964), ill. p. 51.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 68, no. 47.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 269, no. 7.30.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 91.
Record last updated October 20, 2022. 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 estructuradas en blanco y relieve , 1938 (1938.32)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1536 (accessed on May 11, 2024).