Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.47 (estate: 104)
Tête abstraite
1929
Oil on canvas
13 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. (35 x 27 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 29
Provenance
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Adolfo M. Maslach, Caracas
Exhibitions
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, Joaquín Torres-García Paintings: 1929- 1943, March 12–29, 1980. (Meredith Long Contemporary 1980), no. 1. Traveled to: Meredith Long & Contemporary, Houston, May 1980.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Venezuela, La Colección de Adolfo Maslach -Visión de una Poética Constructiva, May–August 1997, no. 16, ill., p. 23.
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 81. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 360, no. XXXVI.
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. "Tête abstraite, 1929 (1929.47)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=930 (accessed on April 20, 2025).