Object with Number 1

1. The artist, Montevideo (died 1949); estate of the artist, Montevideo, 1949 [this and the following, de Torres and Temkin, http://www.torresgarcia.com]; by descent to his son, Horacio Torres (died 1974), 1949; by descent to his daughter, Cecilia de Torres, New York, 1974; sold through Elrick-Manley Fine Art, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Montevideo, Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Exposición Homenaje a Torres-García: Juguetes Objetos de Arte Maderas, Oct. 1974, cat. 73.
• New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949): Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, Sept. 9–Oct. 3, 1981, cat. 26.
• London, Hayward Gallery, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, Nov. 14, 1985–Feb. 23, 1986, cat. 46; Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Mar. 13–May 4, 1986, cat. 43; Städische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, as Torres-Garcia: Gitter, Muster, Zeichen, Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, July–Aug. 1986; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Sept. 13–Nov. 9, 1986; Houston, Museum of the Fine Arts, Feb. 14–Apr. 5, 1987.
• Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Torres-García, June–Aug. 1991, cat. 67; Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Sept.–Nov. 1991.
• Seville, Estación Plaza de Armas, Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX, Aug. 11–Oct. 12, 1992, (as Objeto plástico al nº 1); Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, as Art d’Amerique latine: 1911-1968, Nov. 12, 1992–Jan. 11, 1993 (as Objet plastique nº 1); Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Feb. 9-Apr. 25, 1993 (as Objeto plástico No. 1).
• Lisbon, Fundação Arpad Szemes-Vieira da Silva, J. Torres-García, May 26–July 21, 1996, cat. 22.
• Museo de Pontevedra, J. Torres-García: obra constructiva: 24 bienal de arte, Aug.–Sept. 1996, cat. 30.
• Strasbourg, Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–Sept. 8, 2002; Madrid, Museo Colecciones ICO, Oct. 22, 2002–Jan. 6, 2003.
• Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea de Bergamo, Arte Astratta Argentina, December 2002-March 2003; Buenos Aires, Fundación Proa, as Arte Abstracto Argentino, May–Aug., 2003, cat. 89.
• Houston, Menil Collection, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, Sept. 25, 2009–Jan. 3, 2010, cat. 83; San Diego Museum of Art, Feb. 20–May 3, 2010.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, Oct. 25, 2015–Feb. 15, 2016; Madrid, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, as Joaquín Torres-García: Un moderno en la Arcadia, May 19–Sept. 11, 2016, cat. 126; Museo Picasso Malaga, Oct. 10, 2016–Feb. 5, 2017.

• Exposición Homenaje a Torres-García: Juguetes Objetos de Arte Maderas, exh. cat. (Museo de Arte Precolombino, 1974), n.p., cat. 73 (as Objeto con número 1).
• Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949): Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, exh. cat. (Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, 1981), n.p., cat. 26 (ill. as Objeto con número 1).
• Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, exh. cat. (Arts Council of Great Britain, 1986), pp. 48 (ill.); 120, cat. 46.
• Torres-García: estructura-dibuix-símbol, exh. cat. (Fundació Joan Miró, 1986), p. 72, cat. 43 (ill. as Objecte amb el núm 1).
• Margit Rowell, Torres-García, exh. cat. (Ministerio de Cultura, 1991), pp. 107 (color ill. as Objet plastique au nº 1); 170, cat. 67
• Waldo Rasmussen and Edward J. Sullivan, Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX, exh. cat. (Comisaría de la Ciudad de Sevilla; Museum of Modern Art, 1992), pp. 78; 203 (color ill. as Objeto plástico al nº 1); 455, cat. 8.
• Alain Sayag and Claude Schweisguth, eds., Art d’Amerique latine: 1911-1968, exh. cat. (Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 1992), p. 332 (color ill. as Objet plastique nº 1).
• Marc Scheps, ed., Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, exh. cat. (Pretsel-Verlag, 1993), p. 150 (color ill. as Objeto plástico No. 1).
• J. Torres-García, exh. cat. (Fundação Arpad Szemes-Vieira da Silva, 1996), n.p., cat. 22 (color ill. as Objet plastique au nº 1).
• J. Torres-García: obra constructiva: 24 bienal de arte, exh. cat. (Deputación Pontevedra, Xunta de Galicia, 1996), n.p., cat. 30 (color ill. as Objet plastique au nº 1).
• Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Arte Madí, exh. cat. (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, 1997), p. 15 (ill. as Objeto plástico nº 1).
• Adolfo M. Maslach, Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano (Ed. UNESCO, 1998), p. 352, fig. 193 (as Objeto plástico au Nº 1).

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