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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1924.02 (estate: 1096)
Abstracción con maderas superpuestas
1924
Oil on wood
10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (26 x 14 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
The wood piece (upper left) that extends from this sculpture is positioned incorrectly. The piece should be positioned so that it is straight.
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 18, 1993, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 42, ill.
Christie's New York, May 28, 1998, Latin American Sale, lot 141, ill. (upside-down).
Private collection
Exhibitions
1974 Museo de Arte Precolombino
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 51.1992 Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992.1993a Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García Construcciones en Madera y Óleos, Summer 1993, no. 6, ill., p. 9.1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 40, ill., p. 36, Reproduced upside-down.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. 63. 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. 12.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. 53, no. 3. Reproduced horizontally inverted.Record last updated October 20, 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. "Abstracción con maderas superpuestas, 1924 (1924.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=522 (accessed on March 14, 2025).