Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1938.23 (estate: 847)
Ritmo con oblicuas en blanco y negro
1938
Tempera on cardboard
31 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (81 x 48 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 38
Signed lower center: AAÇ
Provenance
Exhibitions
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, 5a Exposición de la Asociación de Arte Constructiva, June 1938.
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 67.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 10, ill.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Homenaje a Joaquin Torres-García en este aniversario 1949-1969, August 1969, no. 3.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 38, ill., p. 71. 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.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 10.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949), February 5–March 15, 1981, no. 4. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 17.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, ill., p. 75 no. 89. 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.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 92, ill., p. 137. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, ill., p. 152 no. 88.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Encounters with the 30s, October 3, 2012–January 7, 2013.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 151. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Taller Torres-García. "Escuela del Sur." Taller Torres-García. Escuela del sur (Montevideo), no. 3 (January 1961), ill.
Huidobro, Vicente. "Salutación a Joaquín Torres García." La Letra y La Imagen (Mexico), February 22, 1981, ill. p. 10.
de Cáceres, Esther. "Museo Torres García Ahondando en sus valiosas publicaciones." La Mañana (Uruguay) ), August 6, 1995, ill. detail p. 23.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 573, no. 345.
Picasso and Spanish Modernity: Works from the Collection MNCARS. Madrid: Ediciones Mandrágora, ill. p. 221, as Ritmo con oblicuas en blanco y negro.
Record last updated October 27, 2016. 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. "Ritmo con oblicuas en blanco y negro, 1938 (1938.23)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1526 (accessed on July 14, 2025).