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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
1933.03 (estate: 596)
Estructura con formas trabadas
1933
Tempera on cardboard
41 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (75 x 52.3 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; Dated lower center 33
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Royal S. Marks, New York
Estate of Royal S. Marks
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 3, ill.
Private collection, New York
Christie's New York, November 19, 2007, Latin American Sale, lot 20, ill. p. 57 and back cover.
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Christie's, New York, May 14, 2022, Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper and Day Sale, lot 884.
Exhibitions
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 73, ill., p. 68. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 84, ill., p. 128. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.2000–01 Americas Society
Americas Society, New York, Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires - Montevideo 1933-1953, September 2000–January 2001, no. 12, ill., p. 102. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, January 17, 2001–April 7, 2002.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 145. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Badrinas 1933
Badrinas, Antoni. "J. Torres-Garcia." Art (Barcelona) I, no, 3 (December 1933), ill.Building Design 1986
"Beyond the Fringe." Building Design (London) (January 17, 1986), ill. p. 21.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 457, no. 312.Driben 2002
Driben, Leila. "El Cono Sur en México." Letras Libres (Mexico) (March 2002), ill. p. 94.Record last updated May 14, 2022. 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. "Estructura con formas trabadas, 1933 (1933.03)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1372 (accessed on April 25, 2024).