Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1940.01 (estate: 333)
Formas con hombre abstracto
Alternate title: Composition
1940
Oil on canvas
19 x 27 in. (48.2 x 68.6 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 1 Ene. 1940
Collection of Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Collection of Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Exhibitions
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 11, ill.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 21. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 49, ill., p. 80. 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.
Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideu 1874- 1949), September–October 1979, ill., p. 57. Traveled to: Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, November–December 1979.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 10, as Composition.
Published References
Morais, Federico. "Olímpia, filha de Torres Garcia: incêndio do MAM é coisa do passado." O Globo, December 28, 1979, ill.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 218.
Record last updated April 13, 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. "Formas con hombre abstracto, 1940 (1940.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1624 (accessed on July 11, 2025).