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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
1938.28 (estate: 570)
Indoamerica
Alternate title: Indoamérica
1938
Oil on cardboard
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (100 x 80 cm)
Unsigned and dated: dated upper right: 28 julio 1938
Signed upper right: AAÇ
This work was created on the artist's 64th birthday.
Torres-García dated this painting in his invented alphabet, created in 1937 and found in many of his works created during the AAC period.
Torres-García dated this painting in his invented alphabet, created in 1937 and found in many of his works created during the AAC period.
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 27.1977 Sidney Janis Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 25, ill. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).1987 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 85, ill.1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 334.1993 Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 153.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, ill., p. 101 no. 56.Published References
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 65, no. 44.Hayward Gallery 1986
Hayward Gallery. Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944. London: 1986. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 6.Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 1996
Otras rutas hacia Siqueiros: un simposio organizado por CURARE, and other organizations. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes: CURARE, Espacio Crítico para las Artes, ill. p. 257, as Indoamérica.Fló 2006
Fló, Juan. "Joaquín Torres García y el arte prehispánico." In Imaginarios Prehispánicos en el Arte Uruguayo:1870-1970, Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena. Montevideo, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 69, fig. 14.Record last updated March 12, 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. "Indoamerica, 1938 (1938.28)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1533 (accessed on July 16, 2025).