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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
1929.97 (estate: 942)
Madera planos de color
1929
Oil on incised wood
17 x 8 in. (43.2 x 20.3 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 29
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres
Royal S. Marks, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 23, 1992, Nineteen Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 13.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Exhibitions
1999–2000 Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya
Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, De l'impressionisme a l'avantguarda a la Collecció Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, November 1999–February 2000, ill., p. 192. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, April 14–June 25, 2000 (no. 53, ill. p. 172.).2000 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Del post-impresionismo a las vanguardias. Pintura de comienzos del siglo XX en la Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2000, no. 53, ill., p. 172.2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 284.2001 Palais des Beaux Arts
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm, June 29–September 16, 2001, ill., plate 30. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, October 18, 2001–June 1, 2002 (Abstracción: el paradigma amerindio).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. 86. 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. 92.2009–10 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. 39, ill., p. 22. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2011 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Torres-García a les seves cruïlles, May 17–September 11, 2011, no. 33, ill., p. 64.2014 Fundació Privada Centre d'Art Col•lecció Catalana de Sant Feliu de Guíxols
Fundació Privada Centre d'Art Col•lecció Catalana de Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, L'ideal en el paisatge. De Meifrèn a Matisse i Gontxarova. Col•lecció Carmen Thyssen, 2014, ill., p. 126, lám. p. 127.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 73. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Hazan 2002
Paris, Capitale des Arts 1900-1968. Hazan, 2002, ill. p. 84.Museo Picasso 2003–2004
Museo Picasso. Torres-García. Barcelona, 2003-2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 193.Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza 2004
Arnaldo, Javier, ed. Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza. 2 vols. Madrid: Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2004, vol. 2, ill. p. 306, lám. p. 307.Llorens 2004
LLorens, Tomas. "Madera planos de color." In Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, edited by J. Arnaldo. Madrid: Fundación Thyssen-Bornemisza, 20014, ill. p. 306.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Houston, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 192, fig. 1.Fundación Juan March 2011
Fundación Juan March. Cold America: Geometric Abstraction in Latin America (1934-1973). Madrid, 2011. Exhibition catalogue (2011 Fundación Juan March), ill. p. 36, fig. 5.Gamwell 2016
Gamwell, Lynn. Mathematics + Art: A Cultural History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, ill. p. 414, fig. 11-33.Record last updated October 21, 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. "Madera planos de color, 1929 (1929.97)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1254 (accessed on July 13, 2025).