Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.16 (estate: 367)
Deux figures mysterieuses
1929
Oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper center: 29
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection
Exhibitions
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 2. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García: Colección Privada de Montevideo, December 1962, no. 6.
Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, Artists of the Western Hemisphere Precursors of Modernism 1860 – 1930, September 19–November 12, 1967, no. 33, ill., p. 43.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 12, ill., p. 45. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 1, ill.
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 1.
Galería Paco Rebés, Centro de Anticuarios, Barcelona, Spain, J. Torres-García, May–June 1986, no. 13, ill., p. 20.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 42, ill., p. 82. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 78. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 12.
Ashton, Dore. "New York." Studio International vol. 174, no. 893 (October 1967), ill. p. 217.
Torres-García, Joaquín. Universalismo Constructivo. Vol. 5. Madrid: Alianza, 1984, ill. on cover cover.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p.103, no. 74.
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 40.
Ruiz, Enrique Andrés. "La hora de Joaquín Torres-García." El País (Madrid), May 14, 2016, ill.
Record last updated October 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. "Deux figures mysterieuses, 1929 (1929.16)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=899 (accessed on April 22, 2025).