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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1931
1931.127 (estate: 1069)
Forma en rojo y blanco, ocre y negro
1931
Oil on wood
16 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (41.5 x 21.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Private collection, Madrid
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid
Private collection, Madrid
Exhibitions
1978 Galería Palatina
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Homenaje a Joaquín Torres García, August 1978, no. 9.
1990 Marianovich Arte
Galería Marianovich Arte, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, October–November 1990, no. 25, ill.
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. 62, ill., p. 102. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
1998 Galería de Arte Juan Gris
Galería de Arte Juan Gris, Madrid, Torres-García. Óleos, dibujos y juguetes, November 1998, ill.
2000b Galería Guillermo de Osma
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Torres-García: Construcciones en madera, November 7–December 22, 2000, no. 9, ill., p. 24. Traveled to: Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, January 10–February 9, 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. 64, ill., p. 141. 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. 132. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 355, no. 208.
Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 28.
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. "Forma en rojo y blanco, ocre y negro, 1931 (1931.127)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1210 (accessed on July 27, 2025).