Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 1, ill., p. 21. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.

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. 29, ill., p. 69. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.

1992 Fundación La Caixa

Fundación La Caixa, La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain, Las Vanguardias en Catalunya 1906-1939, July 16–September 30, 1992, no. 149, ill., p. 210.

1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 314.

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. 289.

2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg

Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 145. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).

2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO

Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 157.

2003–04 Museo Picasso

Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 172, ill., p. 187.

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. 5, ill., p. 55. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.

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. 45.

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. 25, fig. 13. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.

Published References

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. 8.

García-Bermejo 2002

García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 37.

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. 158, no. 86.

Gradowczyk 2007

Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 98, no. 4.1

Fundación Caixa Girona 2008

Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 58, fig. 1.

Record last updated October 21, 2015. 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 sobre fondo blanco, 1924 (1924.48)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=525 (accessed on June 21, 2025).