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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
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
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Royal S. Marks, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 17, ill.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Exhibitions
1938 Amigos del Arte
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, 5a Exposición de la Asociación de Arte Constructiva, June 1938.1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 67.1962b Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García 28 VII-1874 – 8 VIII- 1949, August 1962, no. 10, ill.1969 Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Homenaje a Joaquin Torres-García en este aniversario 1949-1969, August 1969, no. 3.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
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, 1971.1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 10.1981 Museo de Arte Moderno
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).1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 17.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
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, 1987.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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, 1991.1992 Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, ill., p. 152 no. 88.2012–13 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Encounters with the 30s, October 3, 2012–January 7, 2013.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 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 1961
Taller Torres-García. "Escuela del Sur." Taller Torres-García. Escuela del sur (Montevideo), no. 3 (January 1961), ill.La Letra y La Imagen 1981
Huidobro, Vicente. "Salutación a Joaquín Torres García." La Letra y La Imagen (Mexico), February 22, 1981, ill. p. 10.de Cáceres 1995
de Cáceres, Esther. "Museo Torres García Ahondando en sus valiosas publicaciones." La Mañana (Uruguay) ), August 6, 1995, ill. detail p. 23.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 573, no. 345.MNCARS 2014
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 15, 2025).