Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1930.93
Figura de hombre
Alternate title: Dos hombres (Two Men)
1930
Oil on wood
Five pieces
Five pieces
8 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (20.6 x 7.9 x 3.2 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 30
This work was originally part of a pair.
Provenance
Exhibitions
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, De Nueva York a Madrid: Pintura y Escultura Siglos XVII, XIX, XX, 1990–91, ill., p. 30.
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Barradas - Torres-García, November 14–December 18, 1991, no. 21, ill., p. 56.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 49, ill., p. 111. 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. 200, Reproduced with head upside-down. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 106, no. 77.
Jimenez, Pablo. "Redescubrimiento de la primera vanguardia." ABC de las artes, 1991, ill.
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) Centre Julio Gonzales,. Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García. Valencia: 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 58, fig. 5.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 106, no. 4.11.
Camnitzer, Luis. "Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Growing Up with Style." ArtNexus 100 (March-May 2016), ill. p. 29.
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. "Figura de hombre, 1930 (1930.93)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1285 (accessed on August 21, 2025).