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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1931.20 (estate: 1070)
Grafismo con caracol
c.1931
Incised wood
14 13/16 x 9 5/8 in. (37.5 x 24.5 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Royal S. Marks Gallery, New York
Estate of Royal S. Marks
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 22, 1993, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 34, ill.
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 25, 1997, Constructivist Art from Latin America, lot 52, ill. p. 53. Dated 1930.
Private Gallery, Montevideo
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Exhibitions
1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 46, ill., p. 38.1995 CDS Gallery
CDS Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García, May 10–June 24, 1995.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 29.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 28, ill.1997 Cultural Rioja
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 23, ill., p. 90. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 132. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.Published References
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 40, no. 23.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 61.Record last updated May 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. "Grafismo con caracol, c.1931 (1931.20)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1327 (accessed on May 9, 2025).