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Classification: Architectural maquette
Medium: Tempera
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1914
1914.01 (estate: 488)
Arquitectura con figuras clásicas
Alternate title: Figuras clásicas
1914
Tempera on cardboard and wood with nails
7 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (55 x 62 cm)
Signed upper right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper center: 1914
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Museo Torres García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1962b Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 13, ill.
1990b Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 2.
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. 4, ill., p. 41. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 33. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 41.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 67, ill., p. 81.
2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 8. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.
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. 55. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Colomina 1991
Colomina, Manuel. "Joaquín Torres-García: El Largo Viaje a la Modernidad." Revista del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Spring-Summer 1991), ill. p. 15.
Ibarz 1991
Ibarz, Merce. "Torres-García, Vanguardista hasta el Fin." La Vanguardia, August 18, 1991, ill. p. 36.
Julber-Vera 1991
Julber-Vera, Myriam. "Torres-García: Plein Sud." MusêArt (Paris), no. 13 (September 1991), ill. p. 26.
Madrid en Cinco Estrellas 1991
"Joaquín Torres-García: propagandista de la modernidad." Madrid en Cinco Estrellas (1991), ill. p. 1.
Bonet 1991b
Bonet, Juan Manuel. "Torres García en su Sur universal." ABC de las artes, June 20, 1991, ill. p. 126.
Galería Palatina 1998
Galería Palatina. Joaquín Torres-García. Buenos Aires, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 4, fig. 1.
IVAM 1998
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) Centre Julio Gonzales,. Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García. Valencia: 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 52, fig. 2.
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 99, no. 4.3
Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 38, fig. 8.
Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 49.
The Menil Collection 2010
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 43, fig. 14.
Westfall 2016
Westfall, Stephen. "Between Worlds." Art in America (February 2016), ill.
Record last updated February 24, 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. "Arquitectura con figuras clásicas, 1914 (1914.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=200 (accessed on April 19, 2025).