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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
1931.89
Composition au masque
1931
Oil on wood
19 5/8 x 14 x 3/4 in. (50 x 35.5 x 2 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Private collection, Montevideo
Provenance
André Level , Paris
Nesto Jacometti,Paris
Remi Ader, February 27, 1996, Estampes dont un important ensemble provenant de la Collection Nesto Jacometti, lot 90, ill. on cover.
Christie's New York, November 25, 1997, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Colonial Works of Art, lot 158, ill. p. 165.
Private collection, Miami
Christie's New York, May 31, 2007, Latin American Art, lot 29, ill. p. 59.
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 29, 2008, Latin American Art, lot 37, ill. p. 85.
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
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. 60, ill., p. 149. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2011 Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero
Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Torres-García: Utopía y Tradición, May 23–July 31, 2011. (Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero 2011), ill., p. 17 and 74, fig. 16.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 129. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 131. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.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 au masque, 1931 (1931.89)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1181 (accessed on June 28, 2025).