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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1931
1931.103 (estate: 924)
Tabla con hombre rojo
Alternate title: Figure en rouge
c.1931
Oil and nails on wood
17 1/2 x 6 in. (44.5 x 15.2 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 31
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
AFA Gallery, New York, Affinities, October 1962–May 1963.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 77, 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.
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 22.
Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideu 1874- 1949), September–October 1979, ill., p. 17. Traveled to: Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, November–December 1979.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 37, ill., p. 42. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.
Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX, August 11–October 12, 1992.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 327, as Figure en rouge.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 151.
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 6, ill.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 8, ill.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 165. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 173.
Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France, Passion et raison d'un esprit constructif: Une Conquete de l'Art D'Amerique Latine: Oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chappard, June 27–September 30, 2006, no. 33, ill., p. 57.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 71, ill., p. 143. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
Suro, Darío. "El Universalismo Constructivo de Torres-García." Américas vol. 17, no. 5 (March 1965), ill. p. 25.
Azcoaga, Enrique. "Mi amigo Joaquín Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) ) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 43.
Record last updated November 8, 2019. 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. "Tabla con hombre rojo, c.1931 (1931.103)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1298 (accessed on August 10, 2025).