Cercle et Carré

Cercle et Carré [Circle and Square] was a group of abstract artists in Paris, founded in Spring 1929 by painter Joaquin Torres Garcia and cartoonist, poet and art critic Michel Seuphor. The group published a journal with the same name in 3 issues. From 18 April-1 May 1930 they organised a renowned exhibition in Paris showing 130 abstract works by various artists. Cercle et Carré was absorbed by Abstraction-création when the latter was founded in 1933, but Torres García continued the publication in Montevideo in his native Uruguay.

The exhibition in Galerie 23 at Rue La Boétie included works by Hans Arp, Willi Baumeister, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, Carl Buchheister, Marcelle Cahn, Francisca Clausen, Jaime A. Colson, Germán Cueto, Serge Charchoune, Pierre Daura, Aleksandra Ekster, Fillia, François Foltyn, Jean Gorin, Wanda Chodasiewicz-Grabowska, Huib Hoste, Vilmos Huszár, Vera Idelson, Wassily Kandinsky, Luc Lafnet, Le Corbusier, Fernand Léger, Oscar Luethy, Piet Mondrian, Stefan Moszczynski, Erik Olson, Amédée Ozenfant, Antoine Pevsner, Enrico Prampolini, Luigi Russolo, Alberto Sartoris, Kurt Schwitters, Henryk Stażewski, Nechama Szmuszkowicz, Stella, Hans Suschny, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Vordemberge-Gildewart, Adya Van Rees, Otto Van Rees, Georges Vantongerloo, Hans Welti, H.N.Werkman, and Wanda Wolska. (Source)

From 1936 Torres Garcia continued publication of the journal in Spanish and French with the title Círculo y cuadrado: revista de la Asociación de Arte Constructivo. Ten numbers were issued between May 1936 and December 1943 and included letters and articles from international artists including Helion, Piet Mondrian and Umberto Boccioni.

Issues

Cercle et Carré 1 (15 Mar 1930). PDF (15 mb).

Cercle et Carré 2 (15 Apr 1930). PDF (19 mb).

Cercle et Carré 3 (30 Jun 1930). PDF (12 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:1 (May 1936). PDF (1 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:2 (May 1936). PDF (2 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:3 (May 1936). PDF (1 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:4 (Feb 1937). PDF (1 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:5 (Sep 1937). PDF (1 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:6 (Mar 1938). PDF (1 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:7 (Sep 1938). PDF (2 mb).

Círculo y Cuadrado 2:8-10 (Sep 1943). PDF (5 mb).

PDFs of Cercle et Carré were assembled from scans on IADDB.org. PDFs of Círculo y Cuadrado come from Publicaciones Periódicas del Uruguay.

Literature

• Marie-Aline Prat, Contribution aux archives de l'art abstrait en France: le groupe et la revue "Cercle et Carré", Paris, 1980. (French)
• Michel Seuphor, Hubert Juin, Cercle et carré: 1930, Paris: Jean-Michel Place, 1977. (French)
• Gottfried Honegger, Dölf Hürlimann, Hommage à cercle et carré, Zurich: Dölf Hürlimann, 1964.

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