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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
1929.87 (estate: 1109)
Forma abstracta
1929
Oil on wood
10 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (25.5 x 3.4 x 3.5 cm)
Signed and dated verso
"UP" painted on sculpture's face
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Exhibitions
1931 Galerie Jeanne Bucher
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, Peintures de Torrès-García, January 30–February 14, 1931.1974 Museo de Arte Precolombino
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 32.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 10, ill., p. 24. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.Published References
Demeure 1931
Demeure, Fernand. "Torres-García: Bois Sculpté." Journal Chantecler (Paris), February 7, 1931, ill.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 158, no. 211.Record last updated April 5, 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 abstracta, 1929 (1929.87)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1244 (accessed on July 18, 2025).