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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
1929.47 (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
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Meredith Long, Houston
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Adolfo M. Maslach, Caracas
Estate of Adolfo M. Maslach
Exhibitions
1980 Meredith Long Contemporary
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 1980.1997 Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas
Museo de Bellas Artes, Venezuela, La Colección de Adolfo Maslach -Visión de una Poética Constructiva, May–August 1997, no. 16, ill., p. 23.1999 Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
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 1998
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).