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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
1941.01 (estate: 787)
Tradición del hombre abstracto
Alternate titles: Grafismo; Pensées métaphysiques
1941
Ink and graphite on wood panel
24 x 19 7/8 in. (61 x 50.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J.T.G.; dated lower center: 1 Enero 1941
Private collection, Houston
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Private collection
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 19, 2003, Latin American Art, lot 12, ill. p. 31.
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 16 and 17, 2005, Latin American Art, lot 53, ill. p. 117.
Private collection, Houston
Exhibitions
1955 Liceo Departamental del Treinta y Tres
Liceo Departamental del Treinta y Tres, Uruguay, J. Torres García, November 1955, no. 19, as Grafismo.1974 Museo de Arte Precolombino
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 62, ill.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 116, ill., p. 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, 1987.1992 Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 143, ill., p. 184.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 216. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 215.2009–10 The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 92, ill., p. 175. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 180. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.2019 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Texas, Words/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton, February 17–May 26, 2019, as Tradición del hombre abstracto.Published References
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne 1993
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne. Art d'Amerique latine: 1911- 1968. Paris, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 313, as Pensées métaphysiques.Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 1997
Magie der Zahl. Stuttgart, 1997. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 64 and 255, no. 2.65.Record last updated November 5, 2020. 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. "Tradición del hombre abstracto, 1941 (1941.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1727 (accessed on July 7, 2025).