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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
1937.26 (estate: 529)
Estructura abstracta tubular
Alternate title: Abstracta
1937
Tempera on canvas
46 1/2 x 78 3/4 in. (118 x 200 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 37
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Galería Siete Siete, Caracas
Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas
Exhibitions
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 36, ill., p. 69. 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. 8, ill.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. 87, ill., p. 131. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 40, ill., p. 140.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 150. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 201, no. 281.Torres-García 1984c
Torres-García, Joaquín. Universalismo Constructivo. Vol. 5. Madrid: Alianza, 1984, ill. no. 5.Boix 1995
Boix, Esther. Reason and Dream: From Cubism to Surrealism. Of Modern Art II. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1995, ill. p. 19, fig. 23.El Universal 1999
"Hitos del arte latinoamericano." El Universal (Caracas), July 25, 1999, ill. p. 4-5.Americas Society 2001
Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires - Montevideo 1933-1953. New York, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28, fig. 12.Rosso 2005
Rosso, Michela. "Joaquín Torres-García y David Alfaro Siqueiros: una historia de encuentros y desencuentros." Materia 5 (Barcelona) (2005), ill. p. 141, as Abstracta.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 228, no 7.28.Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 26. fig. 6.Sanchez Vidal 2012
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 63.Record last updated October 21, 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. "Estructura abstracta tubular, 1937 (1937.26)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1488 (accessed on April 9, 2025).