Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1944.35 (estate: 1071)
Pachamama
Alternate titles: Representación de la Tierra; Representación de la Tierra-Pachamama
1944
Oil and nails on wood
30 x 33 1/2 in. (76 x 88 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Pachamama is the Andean Mother Earth. Together with the figures Inti and Idea, these figures symbolize unity and universality.
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibitions
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 22, as Representación de la Tierra.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 83, ill., p. 111. 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. 30, ill.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949), February 5–March 15, 1981, no. 28. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 33.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 115, ill., p. 94. 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.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987, July 28–September 13, 1987, ill., p. 82. 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.
Hayward Gallery, London, Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1989, May 18–August 1989, no. 6.34, ill., p. 147. Traveled to: National Museum and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, September 16–November 19, 1989.
Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, Arte en Iberoamérica 1820-1980, December 14, 1989–March 4, 1990.
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. 22, ill., p. 102. 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.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 223. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, El fuego bajo las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat), May 5–August 28, 2005.
Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres, de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005–February 13, 2006, ill., p. 47.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 74, ill., p. 216, as Representación de la Tierra-Pachamama.
Published References
Gomez-Sicre, Jose. "Torres-Garcia y la America Arcaica." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García.." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. p. 29.
Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro. América Latina Geometria Sensível. Rio de Janeiro, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 40. Titled "Máscara com Dentes."
Colomina, Manuel. "Joaquín Torres-García: El Largo Viaje a la Modernidad." Revista del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Spring-Summer 1991), ill. p. 15.
Paniagua, Antonio. "El 'Reina Sofia' exhibe dos muestras sobre el vanguardista Torres-García y su escuela." Unknown publication, June 19, 1991, ill.
Samaniego, Fernando. "La utopía del pintor Torres-García, en la mayor retrospectiva." El País (Montevideo), June 18, 1991, ill.
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. 280.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 579, no. 375 and 376.
de Torres, Cecilia. "Pilgrimage to the sources of Amerindian art." In Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm. Brussels: Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 255, fig. 9.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Medio siglo sin-lugar- 1918-1968. Madrid, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 133.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Houston, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 80, fig 10a.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 124, no. 4.39. .
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 69, fig. 1; and ill. p. 28, fig. 11.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 33.
Record last updated July 20, 2023. 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. "Pachamama, 1944 (1944.35)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1847 (accessed on April 29, 2024).