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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
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
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Private collection
Exhibitions
1978–79 Zabriskie Gallery
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, France Between the Wars, 1925-1940, December 1978–January 1979.2000b Galería Guillermo de Osma
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, 2001.2002 Oriol Galería d'Art
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 2003.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 125, ill., p. 39.2009–10 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. 34, ill., p. 135. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.Published References
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 107, no 4.13.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 34.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 3, 2025).