Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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Keywords
- Construction
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1931.04
Construcción
Alternate title: Pintura constructiva
1931
Oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (75 x 49 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 31
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection
Exhibitions
Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires, Tres pintores uruguayos, Barradas, Figari, Torres-García, May 26–June 6, 1969, no. 10, ill.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 77, ill.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 70, ill., p. 112. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 89, ill., p. 153.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 40, ill., p. 88.
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 151.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 350, no. 184.
Tomasini, Daniel. "Torres García. Hombre mirando hacia el sur." Dossier (Montevideo, Uruguay) No. 107 (November-December, 2024), ill. p. 36, as Pintura constructiva.
Record last updated January 3, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Construcción, 1931 (1931.04)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1027 (accessed on August 17, 2025).