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1930.84 (estate: 1030)
Estructura en blanco (Structure en blanc)
1930
Oil on wood
20 11/16 x 14 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (52.5 x 36.5 x 4 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Musée de Grenoble
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 25.1970 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, May 1970.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 76, ill., p. 106. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.1979 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Planar Dimension, March 9–May 6, 1979, no. 62, ill., p. 97.1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 22.1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 27, ill.1989 Palazzo Volpi
Palazzo Volpi, Côme, Italy, L’Europa dei Razionalisti: Pittura, Scultura, Architettura negli Anni Trenta, May 27–September 3, 1989, ill., p. 107.2002 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. 166. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 197, ill., p. 211.2009–10 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. 52, ill., p. 64. 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. 128. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Badrinas 1933
Badrinas, Antoni. "J. Torres-Garcia." Art (Barcelona) I, no, 3 (December 1933), ill.Badrinas 1933–34
Badrinas, Antoni. "Joaquín Torres-García." Revista de les Arts (Lleida) vol. I (October-July 1933-1934), ill. p. 93-95.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 168, no. 224.Iglesias 1975
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 61.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 35, no. 19.Lemoine 1988
Lemoine, Serge. Le Musée de Grenoble. Grenoble: Musées et Monuments de France, 1988, ill. p. 128.Lemoine 1994
Lemoine, Serge. L’art du XXème siècle : la collection du Musée de Grenoble. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994, p. 170, ill. p. 171.Durozoi 1998
Durozoi, Gerard. Regarder l'art du XXeme siècle. Paris: Hazan, 1998, ill. p. 78-79.Lemoine and Le Pommere 1999
Lemoine, Serge and Marianne Le Pommere. Image d'une collection, Musée de Grenoble. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1999, ill. p. 144.Lemoine et al 2002
Lemoine, Serge and Agnès de Maistre and David Zakin. Madi - L’art sud-américain. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2002, ill. p. 5.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. 168, no. 98.Tosatto 2004
Tosatto, Guy. Les collections du Musée de Grenoble. Versailles: Artlys, 2004, ill. p. 162.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 117, no. 4.30.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 en blanco (Structure en blanc), 1930 (1930.84)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1275 (accessed on August 22, 2025).