Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1930.21 (estate: 533)
Formes abstractes métaphysiques
1930
Oil on canvas
57 1/2 x 45 1/8 in. (146 x 114.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 30
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Provenance
Exhibitions
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 12.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 12, ill.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Homenaje a Joaquin Torres-García en este aniversario 1949-1969, August 1969, no. 2.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 15, ill., p. 48. 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.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 18 works by Joaquín Torres-García, September 18–October 6, 1971.
Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Welt Kulturen und moderne Kunst, June 16–September 30, 1972, ill., p. 512.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 75. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Le siècle de Picasso, October 1987–January 1988, no. 56, ill., p. 111. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, January 29–March 13, 1988.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 93. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 97.
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat – Gaston Chaissac – Jean Dubuffet – Joaquín Torres-García, 2003, no. 41, ill., p. 58. Traveled to: Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 2003.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 193, ill., p. 207.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, El fuego bajo las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat), May 5–August 28, 2005.
Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres, de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005–February 13, 2006, ill., p. 47.
Richard L. Feigen & Co, New York, Drawing in Space, November 1, 2007–January 18, 2008.
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: Diposit temporal per un any de la Collecció Alejandra, Aurelio i Claudio Torres al MNAC, 2010, ill., p. 81 (English version p. 51).
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 32, ill., p. 143, as Formes abstractes métaphysiques.
Published References
"Boletín Museo Torres-García." Museo Torres-García 2 (February 1958), ill.
Museo Torres-García. Boletín no. 2. Montevideo, 1958. Exhibition catalogue, ill. on cover.
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 57.
Onetti, Juan Carlos. "Joaquín Torres-García." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill.
Montealegre, Samuel. "Alcuni Apporti Dell'Arte Visiva Latino-Americana a Quella Europea (II)." Terzoocchio (Bologna) anno XII, no. 3(40) (Settembre 1986), ill. p. 40.
Bozal, Valeriano. Pinturas y esculturas Españolas del siglo XX (1900-1939). Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte. Vol. XXXVI. Madrid: Espasa Calipe, 1992, ill. p. 532.
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 259.
Sureda, Joan. Catalunya genio a genio: del siglo XI al siglo XXI. Barcelona: El Mundo de Cataluña, ill. p. 177, as Formes abstractes métaphysiques.
Record last updated May 8, 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. "Formes abstractes métaphysiques, 1930 (1930.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=970 (accessed on May 20, 2024).