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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1924
1924.48 (estate: 1127)
Formas sobre fondo blanco
1924
Oil on wood
12 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (31 x 14.3 x 6 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J.Torres-GARCIA 1924
The top piece was repaired by Julio Alpuy in New York, 1983.
An old photo shows the broken piece.
Colección MACBA. Fundación MACBA (68)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Colección MACBA. Fundación MACBA
Exhibitions
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
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 August 23, 2025).