Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1927.60 (estate: 958)
Cabeza de hombre en una construcción
Alternate title: Head of a Man in Construction
1927
Oil, nails, and iron tacks on wood
9 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (25.1 x 19.1 x 10.8 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 27
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres García
Private collection
Exhibitions
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 45.
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 38, ill., p. 43.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 15.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 8, ill., p. 105. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 140, no. 181 (Reproduced upside down).
Castillo, Martín and Gabriel Peluffo Linari. Torres García: Un universo vanguardista. Punta del Este: Galería Sur. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 90.
Record last updated May 22, 2026. 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. "Cabeza de hombre en una construcción, 1927 (1927.60)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=663 (accessed on June 12, 2026).