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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1928.135 (estate: 1064)
Planos de color con dos maderas superpuestas
1928
Oil on wood
11 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. (29 x 24.4 x 3.5 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 28
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres, New York
Estate of Horacio
Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Colección MACBA. Fundación MACBA
Exhibitions
1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 177*, ill., p. 82 (Spanish version p. 90), Listed as number 67 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.1992 Fundación La Caixa
Fundación La Caixa, La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain, Las Vanguardias en Catalunya 1906-1939, July 16–September 30, 1992, no. 150, ill., p. 72 and 209.1995–96 Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, Fons per a una col-eccio (I), November 28, 1995–June 2, 1996.2002 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. 159, did not travel. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 185, ill., p. 201.2008–09 Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea
Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Spain, A Intuição e a Estrutura/La Intuición y la Estructura: De Torres-García a Vieira da Silva 1929-1949, December 4, 2008–January 25, 2009, ill., p. 26. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, February 24–April 19, 2009.2009–10 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. 22, ill., p. 15. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2015 Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, May 7–July 5, 2015, ill., p. 73.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 71. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Serra 1995
Serra, Catalina. "Arte contemporáneo en Barcelona." El País, 1995, ill.Fundación ICO 2002
Fundación ICO. Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido. Madrid, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 108.Gradowczyk 2003
Gradowczyk, Mario H. "Junto a Piet Mondrian: un encuentro memorable." Especial Torres García. El País (Montevideo), December 12, 2003, ill. p. 10.Museo Colecciones ICO 2003
Museo Colecciones ICO. Joaquín Torres-García, Un mundo construído. Madrid: 2003. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 108.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 336, no. 8.46.Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 52, fig. 26.Britt 2009
Britt, Douglas. "Menil, MFAH give Joaquín Torres-García his due." Houston Chronicle, November 17, 2009, ill.Castro 2009
de Torres, Cecilia. "Constructing Abstraction with Wood." Literal: Latin American Voices 18 (October 2009), ill. p. 14.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 57.Gilbert et al 2021
Gilbert, Zanna, Pia Gottschaller, Tom Learner, and Andrew Perchuk. Purity Is a Myth: The Materiality of Concrete Art from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2021, fig. 1, ill. p. 12, as Planos de color con dos maderas superpuestas.Record last updated June 29, 2016. 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. "Planos de color con dos maderas superpuestas, 1928 (1928.135)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1224 (accessed on September 9, 2025).