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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Medium: Incised wood
Year: 1938
1938.27 (estate: 1121)
Proyecto para un monumento
1938
Incised wood
14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
An additional piece was originally attached to the upper right side of this sculpture, but is now lost.
Private collection, Uruguay
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Private Collection
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Private collection, Uruguay
Exhibitions
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 80, ill., p 108. 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.
1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 181. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 28.
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. 32.
1993a Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García Construcciones en Madera y Óleos, Summer 1993, ill., p. 24 no. 4.
1997 Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 31, ill., p. 87. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.
1997 Cultural Rioja
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 48, ill., p. 118. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.
1999 Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999, Dated 1935.
Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 204, no. 287.
Gomez-Sicre 1975
Gomez-Sicre, Jose. "Torres-Garcia y la America Arcaica." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García.." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. p. 26.
Pereda 1977
Pereda, Raquel. Uruguay: 17 Artistas. Montevideo: Ministerio de Educación y cultura, 1977, ill. p. 111.
Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro 1978
Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro. América Latina Geometria Sensível. Rio de Janeiro, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 39, Dated 1932.
Silva 1985
Silva, Carlos. "Joaquín Torres-García o la Máscara de Apolo." Últimas Noticias (Caracas), September 22, 1985, ill.
Supplemental Images
Proyecto para un monumento, 1938 (1938.27). This photograph was taken at the home of Horacio Torres. Horacio recreated the sculpture's missing piece from memory, but did not believe it to be suitable.
This photograph was taken at the home of Horacio Torres. Horacio recreated the sculpture's missing piece from memory, but did not believe it to be suitable.
Record last updated June 29, 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. "Proyecto para un monumento, 1938 (1938.27)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1545 (accessed on July 16, 2025).