Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Keywords
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1931.08 (estate: 530)
Composition symétrique universelle en blanc et noire
1931
Oil on canvas
48 x 24 3/4 in. (122 x 63 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA 31
Provenance
Barnett Malbin and Lydia Winston, New York
Private collection, Madrid
Exhibitions
Galerie Pierre, Paris, Oeuvres Récentes de Torrès García: Peintures - Sculptures, March 4–18, 1932.
Taller Torres-García, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1951.
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 14.
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 2, ill.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Detroit Collects, 1969, no. 182, ill.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Futurism: A Modern Focus: The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection, November 16, 1973–February 3, 1974, no. 110, ill., p. 202.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 71, ill., p. 113. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 33, ill., p. 134.
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 13, ill., p. 47.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 37, ill., p. 85.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Arte en América Latina, September 21–November 18, 2001, no. 32.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from MALBA-Fundación Costantini, April 22–August 5, 2012, ill., p. 76.
Published References
Degrand, L. and J. Arp. "La Collection Harry and Lydia Winston au Musée de Detroit." Aujourd'hui (Paris) (1957), ill. p. 31.
Saarinen, A.B. "Collecting Modern Masters on a Master Plan." Art News vol. 56, no. 6 (October 1957), ill. p. 65.
Read, Herbert. A Concise History of Modern Painting. London: Praeger, 1959, ill. p. 303, no. 91.
Read, Herbert. A Concise History of Modern Painting. New York: Praeger, 1968, ill. p. 305, no. 91.
Miesel, V.H. "The Heart of the Winston Collection Birmingham." The Connoisseur (Michigan) (April 1969), ill. p. 262, no. 6.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Futurism, A Modern Focus, The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection, Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Malbin. New York, 1973. Exhibition catalogue, ill.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Dictionary of art terms. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1984, ill. p. 47.
Garcia, Angeles. "El Constructivismo de Torres-García." El País (Madrid), June 30, 1991, ill. p. 8.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 154.
Medina, Alvaro. "Torres-García y la Escuela del Sur." Art Nexus, no. 3 (January 1992), ill. p. 53.
"Torres García: Alta Cotización en Nueva York y en la Tapa del Catálogo." El País (Montevideo), May 28, 1995, ill.
Carlisle, Cristina. "For Argentina Collectors, Art is Long Distance." The New York Times, December 25, 1995, ill.
Arteaga, Alicia de. "Una Colección de Museo." La Nación (Buenos Aires), May 19, 1996, ill. p. 32.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Colección Costantini en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires: Skira, 1996, ill. p. 157.
Sampognaro, Pilar. "Al compás de los martillos." Revista Convivir (Uruguay) (August 1997), ill.
A coleçao Costantini no MAM Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Fundación Eduardo Costantini, 1998, ill. p. 203.
Theran, Susan. Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction. Newton, MA: Auction Index, Inc., 1999, ill. p. 14.
Costantini, Eduardo F., Agustin Arteaga and Marcelo E. Pacheco. MALBA-Colección Costantini. Mexico: Landucci, 2001, ill. p. 136.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 240, no. 6.84.
Shaw, Edward. Pintura Contemporánea Latin Americana. Santiago, Chile: Celfin Capital, 2011, ill. p. 305.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 87.
Record last updated May 27, 2016. 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. "Composition symétrique universelle en blanc et noire, 1931 (1931.08)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1031 (accessed on August 16, 2025).