Joaquín Torres-García : constructing abstraction with wood

Torres-García, Joaquín 1874-1949 (author.). Ramírez, Mari Carmen, 1955- (artist.). Torres-García, Joaquín 1874-1949 (artist.). Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) (Added Author). Guild of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. (Added Author).

Summary: "Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949) is one of the most influential artists to have emerged from Latin America in the early 20th century. His unique innovations in the medium of wood--constructed three-dimensional grids and planes known as maderas--foreshadow later artistic developments in Europe and the Americas (such as the work of Louise Nevelson). Torres-García was also much celebrated for his work as a modernist painter, teacher, and author." -- Amazon.

Record details

ISBN: 093959465X
ISBN: 9780939594658
ISBN: 0300154011
ISBN: 9780300154016
Physical Description: 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2009.
Distributor: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	(for CGCC):This item was purchased with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of Oregon/ Este libro fue comprado con una subvención del Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas a través de la Ley de Servicios de Biblioteca y Tecnológia (LSTA), administrada por la Biblioteca Estado de Oregón.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-234) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Josef Helfenstein -- Against the grain / Mari Carmen Ramirez -- Editor's note -- Plates I: A constructed precariousness / Mari Carmen Ramirez -- Plates II: From man in the street to universal man / Cecilia de Torres -- Plates III: Torres-Garcia and "primitivism" in Paris / Margit Rowell -- Plates IV.