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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1927.60 (estate: 958)
Cabeza de hombre en una construcción
1927
Oil, nails, and iron tacks on wood
9 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (25.1 x 19.1 x 10.8 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 27
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres García, Montevideo
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres García
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Private collection
Exhibitions
1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 45.1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 38, ill., p. 43.1990b 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. 15.2009–10 The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 8, ill., p. 105. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 140, no. 181 (Reproduced upside down).Record last updated April 18, 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. "Cabeza de hombre en una construcción, 1927 (1927.60)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=663 (accessed on April 20, 2025).