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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1930
1930.53
Sans titre
Alternate titles: Ocre et rouge; Untitled (Ochre Red)
1930
Oil on canvas laid over board
28 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 30
Restored prior to museum donation
Provenance
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Pierre Loeb, Paris, France
Maria-Elena Vieira Da Silva, Paris (Gift from Pierre Loeb)
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Exhibitions
1932 Galerie Pierre Loeb
Galerie Pierre Loeb, Paris, 1932.
1975 Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 5, ill. did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
1979 Musée D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, L'Aventure de Pierre Loeb: La Galerie Pierre Paris 1924-1964, June 7–September 16, 1979, no. 192, ill., p. 98, Did not travel. Traveled to: Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, October 4–December 23, 1979.
1994 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Vieira da Silva, dation `a l'Etat, collection du MNAM, June 15–September 15, 1994. Traveled to: Musée Fabre, Montpellier, June 15–September 15, 1994.
1994–95 Museé de Beaux Arts Rouen
Museé de Beaux Arts Rouen, Rouen, France, Maria-Helena da Silva, December 15, 1994–February 27, 1995.
1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 1, ill.
1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 2, 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. 73. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 80.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 204, ill., p. 217.
2011 Fundación Juan March
Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Cold America: Geometrical Abstraction in Latin America (1934-1973), February 11–May 15, 2011. (Fundación Juan March 2011), no. 2, ill.
2013–15 Musée national d'arte moderne
Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970, October 23, 2013–January 26, 2015.
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. 87. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
2017 Zentrum Paul Klee
Kunstmuseum Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, The Revolution is dead. Long live the Revolution!, April 13–July 9, 2017, ill., p. 116 and 176, fig. 115, as Untitled (Ochre Red).
Published References
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 355, no. 209.
Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 59.
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. "Sans titre, 1930 (1930.53)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1000 (accessed on July 18, 2025).