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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Sculpture, Relief, and Assemblage

Medium: Oil

Support: On wood

Year: 1927

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 the artist

Manolita Piña de Torres García, Montevideo

Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres García

Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva

Private collection

Exhibitions

1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas

Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 45.

1987 Fundación Torres-García

Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 38, ill., p. 43.

1990b Museo Torres García

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.

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. 8, ill., p. 105. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.

Published References

Jardí 1973

Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 140, no. 181 (Reproduced upside down).

Galeria Sur 2020

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).