Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1928.65 (estate: 103)
Figure d’homme abstrait
1928
Oil on cardboard
14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (37 x 26.7 cm)
Signed lower right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower left: 28
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 8.
Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideu 1874- 1949), September–October 1979, ill., p. 21. Traveled to: Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, November–December 1979.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, Infancia y Arte Moderno, December 17, 1998–March 8, 1999. (Exhibition catalogue: IVAM 1998–99), ill., p. 50.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 18, ill., p. 108. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
Fonseca, Gonzalo. "Torres-Garcia's symbols within squares." Art News vol. 50 (March 1960), ill. p. 29.
Record last updated April 28, 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. "Figure d’homme abstrait, 1928 (1928.65)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=750 (accessed on April 21, 2025).