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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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1941.12
Indoamerica
Alternate title: Indoamérica
1941
Oil on leather
39 x 33 1/2 in. (99 x 85 cm)
Signed right side in his invented alphabet; dated and inscribed upper left: 1941 Indoamerica
Signed upper right: AAÇ
The artist's imagery of the inverted map is embedded in the center of this work.
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 141, ill., p. 91. 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, 1987.1991 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, El Taller Torres-García-The School of the South and Its Legacy, September–December 1991, no. 20, ill., p. 101. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, June–August 1991; Museo de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, January–April 1992; The Bronx Museum, New York, September 1992–January 10, 1993; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, February–May 1993.1997 Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica
Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica, La escuela del sur, January 16–March 23, 1997, ill., p. 8.2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 129.2004 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America, June 20–September 12, 2004, ill., p. 34.Published References
Braun 1993
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 279.Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 1996
Otras rutas hacia Siqueiros: un simposio organizado por CURARE, and other organizations. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes: CURARE, Espacio Crítico para las Artes, ill. p. 259, as Indoamérica.La Nación 1997
"El Sur en el Norte." La Nación (Buenos Aires), November 2, 1997, ill.Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. 1998
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. North and South Connected: An Abstraction of the Americas. New York, Fall 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 14, fig. 15.Battegazzore 1999
Battegazzore, Miguel A. J. Torres-García: La trama y los signos. Montevideo: Gordon, 1999, ill. p. 140, no. 136.Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts 2001
Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts. Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm. Brussels, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. plate 37.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 292, no. 7.58.Rank 2018
Rank, Anna. "Torres-García y el arte precolombino." Artelogie Expo Revue (France) 12 / 2018 (September 7, 2018), ill. p. 3, as Indoamerica.Record last updated September 8, 2016. 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. "Indoamerica, 1941 (1941.12)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1738 (accessed on April 20, 2024).