Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1943.24 (estate: 339)
Formas anímicas
Alternate title: Animated Forms
1943
Oil on cardboard
17 x 17 1/8 in. (43 x 43 cm)
Signed lower left: J.T.G 43
Exhibitions
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 50.
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 5.
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 30. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 55, ill., p. 86. 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.
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 43.
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, Joaquín Torres-García Paintings: 1929- 1943, March 12–29, 1980. (Meredith Long Contemporary 1980), no. 5. Traveled to: Meredith Long & Contemporary, Houston, May 1980.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 101, ill., p. 146. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 216.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 293, ill., p. 299.
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Torres-García a les seves cruïlles, May 17–September 11, 2011, no. 27, ill., p. 57.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, May 7–July 5, 2015, ill., p. 101.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 29.
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.
"Joaquín Torres-García: propagandista de la modernidad." Madrid en Cinco Estrellas (1991), ill. p. 30.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Visual Arts in the Twentieth Century. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997, no. 6.20, ill. p. 200, as Animated Forms.
Record last updated February 23, 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. "Formas anímicas, 1943 (1943.24)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1891 (accessed on May 3, 2024).