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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1927.91
Trois personnages
1927
Oil, nails and tacks on wood
Each figure is glued as one piece
Each figure is glued as one piece
Man with one button: 4 1/8 x 3 x 2 3/8 in. (10.4 x 7.5 x 6.2 cm)
Man with two buttons: 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (11.7 x 8.8 x 5.6 cm)
Man with three buttons: 7 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 2 13/16 in. (19.5 x 11.7 x 7.1 cm)
verso: Each signed and dated: J. Torres GARCIA 1927
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, May , 1992, lot 159, ill. (Pulled from auction and acquired by below)
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris/Centre de creation industrielle
Exhibitions
1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993.2002 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. 156. 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. 164.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 2-4, ill., p. 25-26.2009–10 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. 10-12, ill., p. 98-103. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2010–11 Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa
Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa, Alzuza, Spain, Homo Ludens: El artista frente al juego, November 11, 2010–February 13, 2011. (Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa 2010–2011), ill., p. 63.2013–15 Musée national d'arte moderne
Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970, October 23, 2013–January 26, 2015.2019–20 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Galeries du XXe siècle: France, 1905-1970, May 22, 2019–March 2020.Record last updated February 17, 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. "Trois personnages, 1927 (1927.91)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=670 (accessed on June 21, 2025).