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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
1933.21 (estate: 337)
Estructura animísta
1933
Oil on cardboard
18 7/8 x 15 in. (48 x 38 cm)
Signed lower right: J.T.G; dated lower left: 33
Inscribed on verso over a painting not by the artist: 28 JULIO / 1933 / J. Torres / GARCIA / MADRID
This image was created in Madrid and dated 28 Julio 1933, Torres-García's 59th birthday.
The artist sent an image of this work to A.E. Gallatin, who kept it in his archives.
The artist sent an image of this work to A.E. Gallatin, who kept it in his archives.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid
Collection of Diane and Bruce Halle, Scottsdale, Arizona
Exhibitions
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 248, ill., no. 248.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 62 and 157. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.2008 Galería Leandro Navarro
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: De Paris a Montevideo, November 4–December 5, 2008, ill., p. 49.2009 Sala Dalmau
Sala Dalmau, Barcelona, Spain, J. Torres García 1874 - 1949: 30 Anys de Galeria, November 10–December 30, 2009, ill., p. 11.2009–10 Fundación Antonio Saura Casa Zavala
Fundación Antonio Saura Casa Zavala, Cuenca, Spain, Universalismo Constructivo, October 2, 2009–January 10, 2010, ill., p. 95. Traveled to: Museo Torres García, Montevideo, 2013.Published References
Badrinas 1933
Badrinas, Antoni. "J. Torres-Garcia." Art (Barcelona) I, no, 3 (December 1933), ill.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 125, no. 96, Reference drawing: ills. p. 124, no. 95.Sala Dalmau 1999
Sala Dalmau. J. Torres García 1874 - 1949. Barcelona, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 9.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 209, no. 6.49.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p .65.Sala Dalmau 2009
30 anys de galeria: 1979-2009. Barcelona: Sala Dalmau, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 11.Dorfman 2014
Dorfman, John. "Latin American Original." Art & Antiques XXXVII (November 2014), ill. p. 86.Sotheby's 2016
Latin America: Contemporary Art. New York, June 2016, ill. p. 51.
Record last updated July 21, 2023. 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. "Estructura animísta, 1933 (1933.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1388 (accessed on July 8, 2025).