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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1929
1929.92 (estate: 1044)
Forma 140
1929
Oil and nails on wood
11 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (28.7 x 47.5 x 9.3 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 29
Signed and dated on verso: "J.T.G. 29"
Exhibitions
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, May 1970, no. 16.
Losada Artes y Letras, Montevideo, Uruguay, Muestra - Homanaje de Losada Artes y Letras a Torres-García, July 28–August 10, 1971, no. 5, as Forma 140.
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Homenaje a Joaquín Torres García, August 1978, no. 14.
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres García, Wood Constructiontion, 1979.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981), no. 23, ill.
Gimpel Fils, London, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings & Constructions, June 19–July 14, 1984. (Stellweg 1984), no. 16, ill.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 33, ill., p. 73. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 27, ill., p. 130.
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 30. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 149 and back cover. 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. 159.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 182, ill., p. 199.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 40, ill., p. 117. 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. 68. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Bonet, Juan Manuel. "Torres García en su Sur universal." ABC de las artes, June 20, 1991, ill. p. 126-7.
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 51.
Bonet, Juan Manuel. "Reflexiones desdel el Reina Sofa: Entre dos continentes." Especial Torres García. El País (Montevideo), December 12, 2003, ill. p. 3.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 125, no. 4.40. .
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 38.
Record last updated May 30, 2017. 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 140, 1929 (1929.92)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1249 (accessed on July 17, 2025).