Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1928.15 (estate: 95)
Figure abstraite
1928
Oil on cardboard
15 x 9 11/16 in. (38 x 24.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J. Torres GARCIA 28
Provenance
Exhibitions
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 8, ill., planche 3.
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 1. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 50. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Galería Multitud, Madrid, Orígenes de la vanguardia española: 1920-1936, November–December 1974, no. 110, ill., p. 109.
Sammer Gallery, Miami, Torres-García & the School of the South, October–November 2003, ill.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 8.
"Ante los Grandes Temas Nacionales: Museo de Arte Moderno." El País (Montevideo), September 8, 1963, ill. p. 7.
Record last updated June 28, 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. "Figure abstraite, 1928 (1928.15)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=701 (accessed on September 11, 2025).