Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres

Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On wood panel

Year: 1930

1930.60 (estate: 940)

Cabeza geométrica

1930

Oil on wood panel

16 x 7 3/4 in. (40.6 x 20 cm)

Signed lower center: J. Torres GARCIA; dated lower right: 30

Private collection, Buenos Aires?

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Manolita Piña de Torres, Montevideo

Private collection, Montevideo

Private collection, Madrid

Galería de la Matriz, Montevideo

Dante y Gustavo IOCCO Rematadores, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1997, Subasta de Pintura, Dante y Gustavo Iocco, Artistas Nacionales, lot 41, ill. p. 16.

Private collection, Buenos Aires?

Exhibitions

1990 Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Granada

Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Granada, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García, June–July 1990, ill.

1991 Borghi & Co.

Borghi & Co, New York, Joaquin Torres-García 1874-1949, May 3–June 7, 1991, no. 3, ill., p. 11.

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. 37, ill., p. 77. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.

1992b Galería Sur

Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Torres-García, Summer 1992, no. 10, ill., p. 18.

1993b Galería Sur

Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Retratos y Autorretratos en la Pintura Uruguaya, Summer 1993.

1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 28.

Published References

Pereda 1991

Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 139.

Record last updated January 26, 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. "Cabeza geométrica, 1930 (1930.60)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1007 (accessed on August 26, 2025).