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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1931
1931.132 (estate: 1035)
Formas superpuestas
c.1931
Oil on wood
19 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (49 x 24 cm)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Private collection, Paris
Christie's Paris, April 8, 2025, Un plaidoyer pour la modernité - Collection Lise et Roland Funck-Brentano, lot 8.
Exhibitions
1970 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, May 1970, no. 2.
1986 Kouros Gallery
Kouros Gallery, New York, Torres-García and his Legacy, November 25–December 31, 1986, ill., p. 20.
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. 131. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
El País 1987
"Torres García y discípulos: La conquista de Nueva York." El País (Montevideo), January 25, 1987, ill.
The Menil Collection 2010
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 30, no. 66.
Record last updated April 8, 2025. 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. "Formas superpuestas, c.1931 (1931.132)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1292 (accessed on July 25, 2025).