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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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Spain
Exhibitions
1981 Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Flushing, New York, Latin American Artists in the U.S. Before 1950, April 28–May 14, 1981, ill., p. 4.1987 Philippe Briet Gallery
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, Torres-García, New York 1920-1922, September 23–October 13, 1987. (Philippe Briet 1987).1988–89 Bronx Museum of the Arts
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, 1990.1994 Kunsthaus Zurich
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland, Dada Global, August 12–November 6, 1994, ill., p. 75.1997 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, Magie der Zahl, January 2–May 19, 1997.1997 Jan Krugier Gallery
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, no. 5, ill.1997–98 Sala Julio Gonzales
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. 72.1998 Museu do Chiado
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. 362.1999 Museo Ramón Gaya
Museo Ramón Gaya, Murcia, Joaquín Torres-García: Óleos, dibujos, esculturas y juguetes, March 1–May 12, 1999, ill.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. 108.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 95, ill., p. 105.2005 MACBA
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, Art and Utopia: Limited Action, June 3–September 12, 2004, no. 189, ill., p. 141.2005–06 Albuquerque Museum of Art
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. 124.2006–07 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente
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. 1921.2008 IVAM
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. 36.2008–09 Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea
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, 2009.2011 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Torres-García a les seves cruïlles, May 17–September 11, 2011, no. 55, ill., p. 85.2015 Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, May 7–July 5, 2015, ill., p. 39.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 59. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Smith 1997
Smith, Roberta. "Enlightened, Finally, by a Grid." The New York Times, May 30, 1997, ill.Bernárdez 2001
Bernárdez, Carmen, ed. The collection of the IVAM. Madrid: Aldeasa, 2001, ill. p. 62.Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía 2001
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Medio siglo sin-lugar- 1918-1968. Madrid, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 108.Puig Menetrier 2006
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 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 85, no. 3.23.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 18.Fauchereau 2010
Fauchereau, Serge. Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930. Paris: Flammarion, 2010, ill. p. 299, fig. 203, dated 1921.Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 35, dated 1921.Westfall 2016
Westfall, Stephen. "Between Worlds." Art in America (February 2016), ill.Acquavella Galleries 2018
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).