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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
1931.24
Composition
1931
Oil on fiberboard
45 3/4 x 35 3/8 in. (116.3 x 89.9 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Provenance
André Lefèvre, Paris
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 24, 1967, Collection André Lefèvre, lot 130, ill.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Exhibitions
1981 Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Ibero-American Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection, October 8–November 15, 1981, no. 10.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 64, ill., p. 104. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 28, ill., p. 130.1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993.1993 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 213, ill., p. 353. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).1994 Washington D.C. Cultural Center
Washington D.C. Cultural Center, Inter-American Development Bank, United States, Latin American Artists in Washington Collections, August 19–September 29, 1994, no. 8, ill., p. 10, p. 76.1996 Nassau County Museum of Art
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, New York, Latin Viewpoints, August 17–November 3, 1996, ill., p. 88.2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001.2009–10 The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 59, ill., p. 68. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 89. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Moss 1994
Moss, Brett. "Shedding light on Latin artists." The Washington Times, August 29, 1994, ill.Washington Sun 1994
"Latin American Artists in DC Collections." Washington Sun, September 22, 1994, ill.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 355, no. 211.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 203, no. 6.37.Record last updated October 20, 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. "Composition, 1931 (1931.24)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1047 (accessed on May 10, 2025).