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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
1937.35 (estate: 1027)
Formas (Silfides)
Alternate title: Formas (Forms)
1937
Tempera on canvas
45 7/8 x 78 in. (116.5 x 198 cm) artist's estate lists dimensions as 202 x 122 cm
Signed and dated lower left: J.T.G 37
Signed lower left: AAÇ
Dated lower right: "Set 20"
Dated lower right: "Set 20"
Restored
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Alejandro, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Exhibitions
1951 Taller Torres-García
Taller Torres-García, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1951.1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 74*, ill., p. 102 (Spanish version p 112), Illustrated and listed as number 33 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 100, ill., p. 83. 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, 1987.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 272, ill., p. 278.2005 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, El fuego bajo las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat), May 5–August 28, 2005.2005–06 Musée Maillol
Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres, de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005–February 13, 2006, ill., p. 51.2010 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: Diposit temporal per un any de la Collecció Alejandra, Aurelio i Claudio Torres al MNAC, 2010, ill., p. 85 (English version p. 48-49).2018 Acquavella Galleries
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 57, ill., pp. 184-85, as Formas (Forms).Published References
El Nacional 1975a
"Formas de Torres Garcia (1911)." El Nacional, January 26, 1975.Rubiano Caballero 1978
Rubiano Caballero, Germán. "Incendio del Museo de Arte Moderno de Rio de Janeiro: Requiem por una Colección." Arte en Colombia 8 (July-September 1978), ill. p. 8.Record last updated June 28, 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 (Silfides), 1937 (1937.35)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1495 (accessed on April 20, 2025).