Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Art of Assemblage, October 2–November 12, 1961. Traveled to: Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, Texas, January 9–February 11, 1962; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, March 5–April 15, 1962.

1974–75 Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Inaugural Exhibition, October 4, 1974–September 15, 1975, ill., p. 759, fig. 428.

1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 63, ill., p. 103. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.

1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 32, ill., p. 134.

1992 Plaza de Armas

Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX, August 11–October 12, 1992.

1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 327.

1993 Museum Ludwig

Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 151.

1993 Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 213, ill., p. 353. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).

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. 148.

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. 70, ill., p. 69. 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. 88. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.

Published References

Gradowczyk 2007

Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 120, no. 4.33. .

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection 2022

Aquin, Stéphane, Anne Reeve, and Sandy Guttman. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection. New York: DelMonico Books, 2022, No. 67, ill. p. 87, as Plastic Object (Constructive Composition).

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Photo: Cathy Carver

Photo: Cathy Carver

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. "Objet plastique, 1931 (1931.123)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1288 (accessed on July 27, 2025).