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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Tempera
Support: Cardboard
Year: 1938
1938.02 (estate: 996)
Dos formas, ocre y roja
1938
Tempera on cardboard
31 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (80 x 50 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 38
Signed lower center: AAÇ
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Private collection
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 26.
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 22. 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. 10.
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 102, ill., p. 85. 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 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, El Taller Torres-García-The School of the South and Its Legacy, September–December 1991, no. 18, ill., p. 95. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, June–August 1991; Museo de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, January–April 1992; The Bronx Museum, New York, September 1992–January 10, 1993; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, February–May 1993.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 274, ill., p. 280.
2006 Oriol Galería d'Art
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: 30 pinturas de 1919 a 1949: New York-Paris-Madrid-Montevideo, June 22–September 22, 2006, no. 17, ill., p. 52.
2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 165. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.
Published References
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 6.
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 209, no. 292.
Jardí 1979
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Paris: Cercle d'Art, 1979, ill. p. 213, no. 292.
Record last updated April 22, 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. "Dos formas, ocre y roja, 1938 (1938.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1507 (accessed on May 17, 2024).