Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
1928.138 (estate: 44)
Face rouge
Alternate title: Masque rouge
1928
Oil on canvas
16 3/16 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm)
Signed left side: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 28
Private collection, Barcelona
Provenance
Exhibitions
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 157. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 167.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 131, ill., p. 144.
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 111. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 126. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.
Sala Dalmau, Barcelona, Joaquín Torres-García, October 1–28, 2015, no. 12, ill.
Galerie Zlotowski, Paris, L’esprit de synthèse, May 20–July 1, 2017, ill., p. 11, as Masque rouge.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill.
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 61.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 121.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 138, no. 5.22.
Record last updated April 28, 2015. 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. "Face rouge, 1928 (1928.138)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=819 (accessed on September 10, 2025).