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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
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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Private collection, Caracas
CDS Gallery, New York
Private collection, Barcelona
Galería Barbié, Barcelona
Private collection, Paris
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, May 18, 1995, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Prints, lot 232, ill.
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 31, 2000, Latin American Art, lot 33, ill. p. 77.
Private collection, Ecuador
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 26, 2004, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 43, ill.
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 61. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1974 Galería Dau al Set
Galería Dau al Set, Barcelona, Spain, Torres García (1874-1949): Exposición Homenaje Centenario de su Nacimiento, February 1974, no. 11, ill.1974 Galería Biosca
Galería Biosca, Madrid, Exposición J. Torres-García, June 5–28, 1974, no. 40.1974 Galería Multitud
Galería Multitud, Madrid, Orígenes de la vanguardia española: 1920-1936, November–December 1974, ill., p.111.1978 Galería Ruiz – Castillo
Galería Ruiz – Castillo, Madrid, Torres-García, Período constructivista, October 1978.1981 CDS Gallery
CDS Gallery, New York, Masters of the Americas, May 1–July 31, 1981.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 36, ill., p. 76. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.2007 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, A Vangarda Cotia: Torres García e Barradas, 1917-1929, July 6–September 2, 2007, ill., p. 104.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
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, 2008.2009–10 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. 17, ill., p. 131. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.Published References
Círculo y Cuadrado 1937c
"Un aspecto de la sala de la Asociación de Arte Constructivo." Círculo y Cuadrado (Montevideo), no. 5 (September 1937).Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 150, no. 199.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 100, no. 71.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 139, no. 5.23.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 30.Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia 2015
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).