JOAQUÍN TORRES-GARCÍA | Pájaros

Private Collection
Acquired from the above

Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern Centre Julio González & Barcelona, La Caixa, Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García, 1997-98, no. 75, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Arte en América Latina, 2001, no. 40, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Strasbourg, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Joaquín Torres-García: Un monde construit, 2002, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue  
Madrid, Museo Colecciones ICO, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, 2002-03, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
Biarritz, Espace Bellevue, Passion et raison d’un esprit constructif: Une conquête de l’art d’Amérique Latine, oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chappard, 2006, no. 20, illustrated in color in the catalogue 
Paris, Grand Palais & Helsinki, Helsinki Art Museum, Des jouets et des hommes, 2011-12, no. 100
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000, 2012, no. 44, illustrated in color in the catalogue 
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Madrid, Fundación Telefónica & Málaga, Museo Picasso, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, 2015-2016, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue

Mario H. Gradowczyk, Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América, Buenos Aires, 1985, no. 78, illustrated in color p. 107  
Margit Rowell, Joaquín Torres-García, Barcelona, 2009, illustrated in color p. 20 
The Menil Collection, ed., Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, Houston, 2010, fig. 31, illustrated in color p. 121

This work is in good condition overall, taking its age into account. The colors of each element are vibrant, and the media layer is stable. All 8 original parts are accounted for. Each of these parts presents wear and minor spots of pigment loss, primarily on the undersides and on the sides of the elements which are intended to make contact with one another.
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This work is included in the Joaquín Torres García Online Catalogue Raisonné (www.torresgarcia.com) as no. T3.118.