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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
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
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
Exhibitions
1990–91 Galería Guillermo de Osma
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, De Nueva York a Madrid: Pintura y Escultura Siglos XVII, XIX, XX, 1990–91, ill., p. 30.1991 Galería Guillermo de Osma
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Barradas - Torres-García, November 14–December 18, 1991, no. 21, ill., p. 56.2009–10 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. 49, ill., p. 111. 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. 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 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 106, no. 77.Jimenez 1991
Jimenez, Pablo. "Redescubrimiento de la primera vanguardia." ABC de las artes, 1991, ill.IVAM 1998
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 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 106, no. 4.11.Camnitzer, Luis 2016
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).