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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
1938.32 (estate: 544)
Formas estructuradas en blanco y relieve
Alternate title: Composition (Composición)
1938
Gouache on cardboard
32 x 39 7/8 in. (81.3 x 101.3 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J.TG 38
Signed lower left: AAÇ
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nelson Pharr, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Exhibitions
1960a Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 12, ill.1960b Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Modern Masters, November–December 1960, ill.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 18. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 39, ill., p. 72. 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, 1971.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, ill., p. 82 no. 96. 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, 1987.1986 Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, Contrastes de forma: Abstracción Geométrica 1910-1980, April 17–June 8, 1986, ill., p. 212.2013 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New Harmony: Abstraction Between the Wars 1919-1939, May 10–September 8, 2013.2016 Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, Panoramas de la ciudad: la escuela de Paris 1900-1945, April 22–October 23, 2016.Published References
Apollo 1963
"New York Letter, Art Dealers on Parade, The Show at Parke-Bernet." Apollo vol. 78, no. 17 (July 1963), ill. p. 63.Suro 1964
Suro, Darío. "Torres García." ¡Ahora! (Santo Domingo) año III, no. 67 (July 20, 1964), ill. p. 51.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 68, no. 47.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 269, no. 7.30.Sanchez Vidal 2012
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 91.Record last updated October 20, 2022. 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. "Formas estructuradas en blanco y relieve , 1938 (1938.32)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1536 (accessed on July 20, 2025).