Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1928.03 (estate: 14)
Figures en rouge et noir
1928
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/4 in. (38 x 46.3 cm)
Signed and dated left side: J. Torres-GARCIA 28
Private collection, Montevideo
Provenance
Private collection, Caracas
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Ecuador
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 61. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
Galería Dau al Set, Barcelona, Spain, Torres García (1874-1949): Exposición Homenaje Centenario de su Nacimiento, February 1974, no. 11, ill.
Galería Multitud, Madrid, Orígenes de la vanguardia española: 1920-1936, November–December 1974, ill., p.111.
Galería Ruiz – Castillo, Madrid, Torres-García, Período constructivista, October 1978.
CDS Gallery, New York, Masters of the Americas, May 1–July 31, 1981.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 36, ill., p. 76. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, A Vangarda Cotia: Torres García e Barradas, 1917-1929, July 6–September 2, 2007, ill., p. 104.
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 101. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 17, ill., p. 131. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Published References
"Un aspecto de la sala de la Asociación de Arte Constructivo." Círculo y Cuadrado (Montevideo), no. 5 (September 1937).
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 100, no. 71.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 139, no. 5.23.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia. Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949. Tipografia San Francisco, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 63.
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Record last updated February 24, 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. "Figures en rouge et noir, 1928 (1928.03)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=689 (accessed on August 21, 2025).