Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.17 (estate: 197)
Figuras abstractas sobre planos de color
Alternate title: Two Figures
1929
Oil on paperboard over wood
39 x 31 1/2 in. (100 x 81 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA 29
Provenance
Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 16, ill., p. 129, as Two Figures.
CDS Gallery, New York, The Three Americas, September 11–October 2, 1993.
CDS Gallery, New York, Latin American Artists, May 13–28, 1994.
Generalitat de Catalunya, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Catalan Masters of the 20th Century, January 19–March 30, 1997, ill., p. 38, as Two Figures.
Published References
Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert. Munich: Prestel, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 275, no 2.
Torrea, Judith. "El encuentro entre culturas." Nexos (American Airlines) (April-June 1999), ill.
Record last updated January 31, 2018. 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. "Figuras abstractas sobre planos de color, 1929 (1929.17)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=900 (accessed on April 22, 2025).