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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
1937.20 (estate: 35)
Composición abstracta tubular
1937
Tempera on board
31 3/4 x 39 7/8 in. (80.7 x 101.2 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 37
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Royal S. Marks, 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 8.
Private collection, New York
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Exhibitions
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 17. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1962 Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 17.1971 André Emmerich Gallery
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 18 works by Joaquín Torres-García, September 18–October 6, 1971.1977 Meredith Long & Company
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Works by Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, April 14–30, 1977, no. 35. Traveled to: Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, November 12–December 1, 1977.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 88, ill., p. 74. 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, 1987.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 89, ill., p. 134. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 15, ill.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 20, ill.1998–99 Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, North and South Connected: An Abstraction of the Americas, Autumn 1998, no. 5.2001 Palais des Beaux Arts
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm, June 29–September 16, 2001, no. 32, ill. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, October 18, 2001–June 1, 2002 (Abstracción: el paradigma amerindio).2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 74. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.2012–13 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection, September 15, 2012–January 6, 2013.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 153. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 3.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 203, no. 286.Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo 1973
Exposición Antológica Torres-García. Madrid: Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 1973. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 41. Reproduced sideways.Vernazza 1973a
Vernazza, Eduardo. "Los 99 años de J.Torres García: Exposición en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid." El Día, July 29, 1973, ill.Castedo 1992
Castedo, Leopoldo. Historia del arte iberoamericano: Siglo XIX y Siglo XX. Tomo II. Madrid: Alianza, 1992, ill. p. 286, no. 369.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. 250.Paternosto 1996
Paternosto, César. The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art. Translated by Esther Allen. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996, ill. p. 219, no. 119.Kaufman 2004
Kaufman, Jason Edward. "Major Latin American Research Project Launched." The Art Newspaper, no. 150 (September 2004), ill.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. 156, no. 84.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 262, no 7.21.Sanchez Vidal 2012
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 62.Dorfman 2014
Dorfman, John. "Latin American Original." Art & Antiques XXXVII (November 2014), ill. p. 86.Sullivan 2018
Sullivan, Edward J. Making the Americas Modern: Hemispheric Art 1910-1960. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd, 2018, fig. 7.5, ill. p. 232, as Composición abstracta tubular.Record last updated January 7, 2020. 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. "Composición abstracta tubular, 1937 (1937.20)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1481 (accessed on April 20, 2025).