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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
1928.138 (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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Estate of the Augusto Torres
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
Private collection, Barcelona
Exhibitions
2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
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).2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 167.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 131, ill., p. 144.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
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, 2008.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
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, 2012.2015 Sala Dalmau
Sala Dalmau, Barcelona, Joaquín Torres-García, October 1–28, 2015, no. 12, ill.2017 Galerie Zlotowski
Galerie Zlotowski, Paris, L’esprit de synthèse, May 20–July 1, 2017, ill., p. 11, as Masque rouge.Published References
Schaefer 1945
Schaefer, Claude. Torres-García. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1945, ill. no. 26.de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill.Iglesias 1975
Iglesias, Jose Maria. "Clasicismo y Americanismo." Mundo Hispanico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres (May 1975), ill. p. 61.Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 121.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 138, no. 5.22.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 36.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).