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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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Royal S. Marks, New York
Galerie Maeght, New York
CDS Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 21, 1995, Latin American Art, lot 44, ill.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
Exhibitions
1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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.1993 CDS Gallery
CDS Gallery, New York, The Three Americas, September 11–October 2, 1993.1994 CDS Gallery
CDS Gallery, New York, Latin American Artists, May 13–28, 1994.1997 Tacoma Art Museum
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
Prestel 1993
Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert. Munich: Prestel, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 275, no 2.Torrea 1999
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).