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1932.64 (estate: 990)
Forma en tierra, siena y negro
1932
Oil on wood
16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (43 x 35 cm)
Signed lower right: J.T.G; dated lower left: 32
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Private collection, New York
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Exhibitions
1991 Vrej Baghoomian Gallery
Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, Reclaiming the Spirit, April 20–May 25, 1991.1993 Kouros Gallery
Kouros Gallery, New York, Mostly Wood, March 11–April 10, 1993.1995b Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, 65 Years of Constructivist Wood, 1932-1995, Autumn 1995, no. 16.2000–01 Americas Society
Americas Society, New York, Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires - Montevideo 1933-1953, September 2000–January 2001, no. 11, ill., p. 101. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, January 17, 2001–April 7, 2002.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 170. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2002–2003 Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea de Bergamo
Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea de Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, Arte Astratta Argentina, December 2002–March 2003, no. 85, ill. Traveled to: Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, July–September 2003.2009–10 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. 82, ill., p. 78. 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. 139. 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. 121, no. 4.34. .The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Annual Report 2013–2014
"Accessions." The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Annual Report (2013-2014), ill. p. 38.
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. "Forma en tierra, siena y negro, 1932 (1932.64)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1312 (accessed on July 14, 2025).