Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1930.98
Figura de hombre
Alternate title: Two men (Dos Hombres)
1930
Oil on wood
Five pieces
Five pieces
9 3/4 x 3 x 1 1/4 in. (24.7 x 7.7 x 3.2 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 30
This was originally part of a pair.
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
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. 110, as Two men (Dos Hombres). Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 106.
Jimenez, Pablo. "Redescubrimiento de la primera vanguardia." ABC de las artes, 1991, ill. p. 27.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 107, no. 4.17.
Record last updated April 5, 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 (1930.98)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1323 (accessed on August 20, 2025).