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Circle and Square, Joaquin Torres-Garcia and Piet Mondrian
Gallery 512Joaquín Torres-García and Piet Mondrian met in Paris in 1929 and, together with the Belgian artist and writer Michel Seuphor, founded the group Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square).
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Provenance
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?- 1997, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, acquired from the artist.
1997 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Barry Friedman, Ltd.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, "II Exposición Nacional Neoconcreta", April 29, 1961
Basel, Galerie Von Bartha, "Arte Concreto, invención. Arte madi", April 26 - July 14, 1991
Sevilla, Estación Plaza de Armas, "Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century", August - October 1992 and tour:
Paris, Musée National D'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, November 1992 - January 1993
Cologne, Kunstalle Cologne, February - April 1993
New York, The Museum of the Modern Art, June 6 - September 7, 1993
São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto. Colección Cisneros ", March 21 - June 16, 2002 and tour:
Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002
Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, "Geo-metrías. Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros", March 14 - May 19, 2003
Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, "The Geometry of Hope. Latin american abstract art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", February 20 - April 22, 2007 and tour:
New York, Grey Art Gallery, September 12 - December 8, 2007
MoMA Exh. #2424: "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, 3 East, October 21, 2019 - September 12, 2020
MoMA Exh. #2462: “Collection: 1880s-1940s”, 5th Floor, gallery 512, “Circle and Square, Joaquin Torres-Garcia and Piet Mondrian”, November 14, 2020 -
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