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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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Private collection
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 22, as Representación de la Tierra.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
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, 1971.1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 30, ill.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, no. 28. 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. 33.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
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, 1987.1987 Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987, July 28–September 13, 1987, ill., p. 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, 1988.1989 Hayward Gallery
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, 1989.1989–90 Palacio de Velazquez
Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, Arte en Iberoamérica 1820-1980, December 14, 1989–March 4, 1990.1991 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. 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 1993.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
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).2005 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, El fuego bajo las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat), May 5–August 28, 2005.2005–06 Musée Maillol
Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres, de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005–February 13, 2006, ill., p. 47.2018 Acquavella Galleries
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
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 247, no. 361.Gomez-Sicre 1975
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 1978
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."Relaciones 1986
revista al tema del hombre (Montevideo), no. 22 (March 1986), ill. p. 1.Colomina 1991
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.El País 1991
El País (Barcelona), June 16, 1991, ill.Época 1991
"Joaquín Torres García y la Escuela del Sur." Época (July 15, 1991), ill. p. 42 or 92?Paniagua 1991
Paniagua, Antonio. "El 'Reina Sofia' exhibe dos muestras sobre el vanguardista Torres-García y su escuela." Unknown publication, June 19, 1991, ill.Samaniego 1991
Samaniego, Fernando. "La utopía del pintor Torres-García, en la mayor retrospectiva." El País (Montevideo), June 18, 1991, ill.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. 280.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 579, no. 375 and 376.de Torres 2001
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 2001
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 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Houston, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 80, fig 10a.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 124, no. 4.39. .Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
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 2012
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 May 15, 2024).