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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1928
1928.09 (estate: 4)
Tête de femme
Alternate title: Cabeza de mujer
1928
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm) Libro rojo dimensions as 41 x 31 cm.
Signed upper left; dated upper right: 28
Exhibitions
1958 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, February 1958, no. 9.
1980 Galería Siete Siete
Galería Siete Siete, Caracas, Joaquín Torres-García, época de Paris, 1926-1932, May–June 1980, no. 3, ill.
Published References
Podestá 1946
Podestá, José María. J. Torres-García. Monografias de Arte. Serie Americana 3. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1946, ill. plate XVII.
Removedor 1947
Removedor, no. 17 (April-May 1947), ill.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 346, no. 163.
Supplemental Images
Tête de femme, 1928 (1928.09). Related drawing in the artist's 1928 unpublished essay, "La peinture vierge."
Related drawing in the artist's 1928 unpublished essay, "La peinture vierge."
Record last updated May 28, 2021. 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. "Tête de femme, 1928 (1928.09)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=695 (accessed on August 24, 2025).