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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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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"
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Exhibitions
1970 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, May 1970, no. 16.
1971 Losada
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.
1978 Galería Palatina
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Homenaje a Joaquín Torres García, August 1978, no. 14.
1979 Galería Palatina
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres García, Wood Constructiontion, 1979.
1981 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.
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.
1984 Gimpel Fils
Gimpel Fils, London, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings & Constructions, June 19–July 14, 1984. (Stellweg 1984), no. 16, ill.
1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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.
1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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.
1997 Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos
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.
2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
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).
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 159.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 182, ill., p. 199.
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. 40, ill., p. 117. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
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 1991b
Bonet, Juan Manuel. "Torres García en su Sur universal." ABC de las artes, June 20, 1991, ill. p. 126-7.
García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 51.
Bonet 2003
Bonet, Juan Manuel. "Reflexiones desdel el Reina Sofa: Entre dos continentes." Especial Torres García. El País (Montevideo), December 12, 2003, ill. p. 3.
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 125, no. 4.40. .
Rowell 2009
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).