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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
1943.55 (estate: 766)
Formas libres
1943
Tempera on cardboard
19 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (50 x 58 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 43
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Estate of Horacio Torres
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
Exhibitions
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. 93*, ill., p. 96 (Spanish version p. 106), Listed as number 43 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. 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 1975.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 102, ill., p. 147. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1999–2000 Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya
Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, De l'impressionisme a l'avantguarda a la Collecció Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, November 1999–February 2000, ill., p. 198. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, April 14–June 25, 2000 (no. 53, ill. p. 172.).2000 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Del post-impresionismo a las vanguardias. Pintura de comienzos del siglo XX en la Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2000, no. 56, ill., p. 178.2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 282.2011 Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Málaga, Spain, La tradición moderna en la Colección Carmen Thyssen. Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Miró, 2011, ill., p. 132, lám. p. 133.2012–2013 CaixaForum
CaixaForum, Gerona, Spain, Rusiñol, Monet, Gauguin, Sunyer. El paisaje en la Colección Carmen Thyssen, 2012–13, no. 59, ill., p. 178, lám. p. 179. Traveled to: CaixaForum, Tarragona, Spain, 2013; CaixaForum, Lérida, Spain.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. 183. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Madrid en Cinco Estrellas 1991
"Joaquín Torres-García: propagandista de la modernidad." Madrid en Cinco Estrellas (1991), ill.Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza 2004
Arnaldo, Javier, ed. Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza. 2 vols. Madrid: Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2004, Vol. 2. Ills. p. 314, lám. p. 315.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Houston, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 200, fig 8.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. "Formas libres, 1943 (1943.55)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1920 (accessed on July 7, 2025).