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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
1930.20 (estate: 382)
Masque abstraite
Alternate title: Composición abstracta
1930
Oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 14 13/16 in. (45.5 x 37.5 cm)
Signed upper left: JTG; dated upper right: 30
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Exhibitions
1951 Instituto de Arte Moderno
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 7, ill., plate 7.1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 64.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 17, ill., p. 50. 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, 1971.1998–99 Galerie J. Bastien - Art
Galerie J. Bastien - Art, Brussels, Joaquín Torres-García Œuvres de la Collection Alejandra, Aurelio y Claudio Torres, November 25, 1998–January 10, 1999, ill.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 91, Reproduced upside-down and reversed. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 194, ill., p. 208.2018 Acquavella Galleries
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 30, ill., p. 139, as Composición abstracta.Published References
Schaefer 1945
Schaefer, Claude. Torres-García. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1945, ill. no. 33.Castillo 1955a
Castillo, Guido. "Dos estudios de Nuestro Tiempo, algunas reflexiones sobre dos mundos de la pintura." El País (Montevideo), September 25, 1995, ill.Castillo 1955b
Castillo, Guido. "Dos Estilos de Arte de Nuestro Tiempo: Pablo Picasso y J. Torres García." El País (Montevideo), September 25, 1955, ill., as Composición abstracta.Iglesias 1975
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 61.Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts 2001
Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts. Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm. Brussels, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 251, fig. 2.Record last updated July 14, 2023. 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. "Masque abstraite, 1930 (1930.20)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=969 (accessed on May 20, 2024).