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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1929
1929.71 (estate: 1104)
Hombre abstracto sentado
1929
Oil on wood
Four pieces glued
6 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 in. (17.5 x 6.5 x 5.1 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 29
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection
Exhibitions
Salón des Surindependants, Paris, 1936. Traveled to: Amigos de Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 1938 (5a Exposición de la Asociación de Arte Constructiva).
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 24.
Schwabenlandhalle Fellbach, Germany, Kleinplastik in Mexiko, Spanien, Italien, Deutschland: 5 Trienale Fellbach, June 20–August 2, 1992, ill., p. 132. Traveled to: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany, August 30–November 11, 1992.
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 29, ill., p. 86. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 47, ill., p. 117. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.
Museo Ramón Gaya, Murcia, Joaquín Torres-García: Óleos, dibujos, esculturas y juguetes, March 1–May 12, 1999, ill.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 154. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 162.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 186, ill., p. 203.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 35, ill., p. 138. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 29, fig. 18. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 35.
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. "Hombre abstracto sentado, 1929 (1929.71)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1228 (accessed on May 1, 2025).