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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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Keywords
- Construction:
1931.18
Composition
1931
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 31
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Massachusetts
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 25, 1971, Modern Paintings Drawings and Sculpture, lot 102, ill.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Royal S. Marks Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 2, ill.
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
1933 Museo de Arte Moderno
Museo de Arte Moderno, Madrid, Exposición de J. Torres-García, April 1–7, 1933. Traveled to: Sociedad de Artistas Ibéricos, Patronato del Turismo, Madrid, April 1933.1967 Worcester Art Museum
Worcester Art Museum, Massachussets, 1967.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 16.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 34, ill., p. 39. 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.Published References
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 115, no. 86.Brughetti 1991
Brughetti, Romualdo. Nueva historia de la pintura y escultura en la Argentina. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1991, ill. p. 273.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. 262.Walther 1998
Walther, Ingo F. Art of the 20th Century. Two Volumes in Slipcase. Cologne: Taschen, 1998, ill. p. 204, as Composition.Ruhrberg, et. al. 2000
Rhurberg, Karl, Manfred Schneckenburger, Christiane Fricke, and Christiane Klaus Honnef. L'Art au XXème Siècle. Tascen, 2000, ill. p. 204.Record last updated January 27, 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, 1931 (1931.18)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1041 (accessed on May 14, 2024).