Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
1929.72 (estate: 1112)
Hombre abstracto
Alternate title: Hombre frontal
1929
Oil on wood
Two pieces glued
Two pieces glued
7 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (18 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm)
Signed and dated verso
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibitions
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, France Between the Wars, 1925-1940, December 1978–January 1979.
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Torres-García: Construcciones en madera, November 7–December 22, 2000, no. 12, ill., p. 27, as Hombre frontal. Traveled to: Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, January 10–February 9, 2001.
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Volumenes del siglo XX, November 26–December 31, 2002, no. 3, ill., p. 15. Traveled to: Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, January–February 2003.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 125, ill., p. 39.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 34, ill., p. 135. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 107, no 4.13.
Record last updated January 23, 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, 1929 (1929.72)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1229 (accessed on May 2, 2025).