Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1942.59 (estate: 1124)
Pez con cuerdas
c.1942
Oil on wood and sisal string
11 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (29.2 x 69.8 cm)
Signed lower center: AAÇ; undated
Provenance
Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 81, ill., p. 109. 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.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981).
Kouros Gallery, New York, Torres-García and his Legacy, November 25–December 31, 1986.
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, El Taller Torres-García-The School of the South and Its Legacy, September–December 1991, no. 24, ill., p. 82. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, June–August 1991; Museo de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, January–April 1992; The Bronx Museum, New York, September 1992–January 10, 1993; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, February–May 1993.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, El fuego bajo las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat), May 5–August 28, 2005, ill., p. 92.
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: 30 pinturas de 1919 a 1949: New York-Paris-Madrid-Montevideo, June 22–September 22, 2006, no. 20, ill., p. 59.
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 171. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 93, ill., p. 173. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto. Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas. Montevideo: 1974. Exhibition catalogue, ill.
Cabanas, Juan. "El Pez de Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 46-7.
Raynor, Vivien. "Torres-Garcia, Uruguayan Wanderer." The New York Times, September 25, 1981, ill.
"Torres García y discípulos: La conquista de Nueva York." El País (Montevideo), January 25, 1987, ill.
Record last updated January 5, 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. "Pez con cuerdas, c.1942 (1942.59)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1844 (accessed on July 8, 2025).