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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
1943.43 (estate: 759)
Grafismo metafísico
1943
Oil on cardboard
17 1/4 x 20 in. (44 x 51 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 43
Private collection, United States
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, December 16, 1972, Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 102.
Sotheby's New York, New York, January 19, 1979, Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 68, ill.
Private collection, Connecticut
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 19, 2003, Latin American Art, lot 48, ill. p.91.
Private collection, United States
Exhibitions
1961 Pan American Union
Pan American Union, District of Columbia, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April 19–May 5, 1961. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, July 13–August 15, 1961; Wells College, Macmillan Hall, Aurora, New York, October 15–November 15, 1961.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 34. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.2011–12 Galería Guillermo de Osma
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Construyendo Utopías de De Stijl a la New Bauhaus, September 15, 2011–February 17, 2012, no. 39, ill., p. 85.Published References
Schaefer 1945
Schaefer, Claude. Torres-García. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1945, ill. no. 50.Cassou 1955
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 10.Adlow 1961
Adlow, Dorothy. Christian Science Monitor, June 14, 1961, ill.Spanudis 1964
Spanudis, Theon. "A significação americana e mundial de Torrès Garcia." Habitat (Sao Paolo) (September-October 1964), ill. p. 88.Cabanas 1975
Cabanas, Juan. "El Pez de Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 49.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 308, no. 8.10.Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia 2015
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia. Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949. Tipografia San Francisco, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 6.Record last updated April 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. "Grafismo metafísico, 1943 (1943.43)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1908 (accessed on April 21, 2025).