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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1918.15 (estate: 782)
Hoy
Alternate title: Aujourd'hui
1918
Tempera and collage on cardboard
20 11/16 x 14 13/16 in. (52.5 x 37.5 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Torres-García created this work to use as a calendar, as is depicted in various documentary photographs of the artist in his studio.
Provenance
Exhibitions
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Flushing, New York, Latin American Artists in the U.S. Before 1950, April 28–May 14, 1981, ill., p. 4.
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, Torres-García, New York 1920-1922, September 23–October 13, 1987. (Philippe Briet 1987).
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, The Latin American Spirit: Arts and Artist in the United States 1920-1970, September 29, 1988–January 29, 1989, no. 73, ill., p. 111, Dated 1921. Traveled to: El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, February 27–April 23, 1989; San Diego Museum of Art, California, May 22–July 16, 1989; Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 14–October 8, 1989; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, January 28–March 4, 1990.
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland, Dada Global, August 12–November 6, 1994, ill., p. 75.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, Magie der Zahl, January 2–May 19, 1997.
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, no. 5, ill.
Sala Julio Gonzales, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, El Tiempo de las vanguardias en la colección del IVAM, November 14, 1997–January 11, 1998, ill., on cover and p. 72.
Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal, De Picasso a Dalí: As raizes da vanguarda espanhola (1907-1936), June 24–September 25, 1998, no. 64, ill., p. 362.
Museo Ramón Gaya, Murcia, Joaquín Torres-García: Óleos, dibujos, esculturas y juguetes, March 1–May 12, 1999, ill.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 108.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 95, ill., p. 105.
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, Art and Utopia: Limited Action, June 3–September 12, 2004, no. 189, ill., p. 141.
Albuquerque Museum of Art, New Mexico, Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain, December 18, 2005–April 23, 2006, no. 18, ill., p. 124.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain, Vasos Comunicantes: Vanguardias Latinoamericanas y Europa: 1900-1950, December 20, 2006–February 18, 2007, ill., p. 127, Dated c. 1921.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, La abstracción en la colección del IVAM, July 31–December 7, 2008, ill., p. 36.
Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Spain, A Intuição e a Estrutura/La Intuición y la Estructura: De Torres-García a Vieira da Silva 1929-1949, December 4, 2008–January 25, 2009, ill., p. 106. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, February 24–April 19, 2009.
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Torres-García a les seves cruïlles, May 17–September 11, 2011, no. 55, ill., p. 85.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, May 7–July 5, 2015, ill., p. 39.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 59. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Medio siglo sin-lugar- 1918-1968. Madrid, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 108.
Puig Menetrier, Jacqueline. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia (1874-1949): du noucentisme a l'universalisme construit." Domitia (Perpignan, France), no, 7 (June 2006), ill. p. 10, as Hoy.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 85, no. 3.23.
Fauchereau, Serge. Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930. Paris: Flammarion, 2010, ill. p. 299, fig. 203, dated 1921.
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 35, dated 1921.
The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2018. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 65, as Hoy.
Record last updated January 25, 2024. 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. "Hoy, 1918 (1918.15)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=263 (accessed on April 28, 2025).