Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
1930.81 (estate: 1094)
Estructura con maderitas superpuestas
c.1930
Oil on wood
13 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (33 x 7 x 6 cm)
Signed and dated verso
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection
Exhibitions
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 28, ill., p. 34. 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.
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, ill., back cover.
Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid, Miradas sin tiempo: Dibujos, Pinturas, y Esculturas de la colección Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowsky, February 2–May 14, 2000, no. 215, ill., p. 464.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 160. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 51, ill., p. 27. 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. 86. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
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. "Estructura con maderitas superpuestas, c.1930 (1930.81)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1272 (accessed on August 22, 2025).