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1924.44 (estate: 914)
Guitarre
1924
Oil and nails on wood
12 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/8 in. (31.7 x 10 x 7.7 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 1924
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
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. 175. 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 1975.1981 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981), no. 21, ill.1992 Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX, August 11–October 12, 1992.1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 314.1993 Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, no. 1654.1999–2000 Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Starts. People. Places. Things., October 7, 1999–March 14, 2000, ill., p. 311.2009–10 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. 6, ill., p. 54. 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. 62. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill.Galería Palatina 1998
Galería Palatina. Joaquín Torres-García. Buenos Aires, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 7, fig. 3.IVAM 1998
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) Centre Julio Gonzales,. Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García. Valencia: 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 61, fig. 7.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 110, no. 4.20.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. "Guitarre, 1924 (1924.44)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=521 (accessed on August 22, 2025).