Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.57
Composition
1929
Pigments in aqueous medium on burlap
32 x 39 1/2 in. (81.3 x 100.2 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 29
Provenance
Exhibitions
Galerie 23, Paris, 1ere Exposition Internationale Du Groupe Cercle et Carré, April 18–May 1, 1930, no. 107, ill.
Gallery of Living Art, New York, The A.E Gallatin Collection, 1937, no. 128.
Gallery of Living Art, New York, The A.E Gallatin Collection, 1940, no. 127, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, The United States Collects Pan American Art, July 22–September 7, 1959, no. 98.
Pan American Union, District of Columbia, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April 19–May 5, 1961. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, July 13–August 15, 1961; Wells College, Macmillan Hall, Aurora, New York, October 15–November 15, 1961.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 14, ill., p. 47. 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.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Philadelphia in New York, October 18, 1972–January 7, 1973, no. 88.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Paris – New York, June 1–September 19, 1977, ill., p. 415.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 33, ill., p. 84.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 82. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Gallery of Living Art. Collection catalogue. New York: New York University, 1940, ill. no. 127.
Huyghe, René, ed. Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art. London: Prometheus Press, 1961, ill. p. 425 no. 1165.
Elderfield, John. "The language of abstract art." Art Forum (February 1971), ill. p. 51.
Sandler, Irving. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York: Harper & Row, 1976, ill. p. 1962.
Daval, Jean-Luc. Avant-Garde Art: 1914-1939. Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1980, ill. p. 170.
Allowayy, Lawrence and Mary Davis MacNaughton. "Adolph Gottlieb. A retrospective." The Arts Publisher (1981), ill. p. 33.
Schipper, Merle S. "Hélions abstrakte Periode." In Jean Hélion, Abstraktion und Mythen des Alltags; Bilder, Zeichungen, Gouchen, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus. Munich, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 32.
Stadtischen Galerie im Lenbachhus. Jean Helion: Abstraktion und Mythen des Alltags, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Gouacher 1925-1983. Munich, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 32.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 179, no. 6.6
Record last updated October 20, 2015. 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. "Composition, 1929 (1929.57)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=941 (accessed on April 24, 2024).