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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
The Collection of Harry and Lydia Winston, Detroit
Barnett Malbin and Lydia Winston, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 16, 1990, The Collection of Lydia Winston Malbin, lot 54, ill.
Private collection, Madrid
Christie's New York, May 16, 1995, Latin American Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings, lot 29, ill. p. 59.
Eduardo Costantini, Buenos Aires
Colección MALBA / Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1932 Galerie Pierre
Galerie Pierre, Paris, Oeuvres Récentes de Torrès García: Peintures - Sculptures, March 4–18, 1932.1951 Taller Torres-García
Taller Torres-García, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1951.1955 Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 14.1956 Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 2, ill.1957–58 Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1957–58, no. 106, ill., p. 76.1969 Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Detroit Collects, 1969, no. 182, ill.1973–74 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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. 202.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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, 1991.1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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. 134.1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 13, ill., p. 47.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 37, ill., p. 85.2001 MALBA
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Arte en América Latina, September 21–November 18, 2001, no. 32.2012 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from MALBA-Fundación Costantini, April 22–August 5, 2012, ill., p. 76.Published References
Bouret 1955
Bouret, J. "Vitesse de Pointe." Frac-Tireur (Paris) (November 24, 1955), ill. detail.Degrand and Arp 1957
Degrand, L. and J. Arp. "La Collection Harry and Lydia Winston au Musée de Detroit." Aujourd'hui (Paris) (1957), ill. p. 31.Saarinen 1957
Saarinen, A.B. "Collecting Modern Masters on a Master Plan." Art News vol. 56, no. 6 (October 1957), ill. p. 65.Arts 1958
"The Winston Collection on Tour." Arts vol. 32, no. 4 (January 1958), ill. p. 39.Read 1959
Read, Herbert. A Concise History of Modern Painting. London: Praeger, 1959, ill. p. 303, no. 91.Read 1968
Read, Herbert. A Concise History of Modern Painting. New York: Praeger, 1968, ill. p. 305, no. 91.Miesel 1969
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 1973
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 1984
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Dictionary of art terms. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1984, ill. p. 47.Garcia 1991
Garcia, Angeles. "El Constructivismo de Torres-García." El País (Madrid), June 30, 1991, ill. p. 8.Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 154.Medina 1992
Medina, Alvaro. "Torres-García y la Escuela del Sur." Art Nexus, no. 3 (January 1992), ill. p. 53.Carlisle 1995a
Carlisle, Cristina. "Buenos Aires: Rising Star." ARTnews (December 1995), ill.El País 1995a
"Torres García: Alta Cotización en Nueva York y en la Tapa del Catálogo." El País (Montevideo), May 28, 1995, ill.Carlisle 1995b
Carlisle, Cristina. "For Argentina Collectors, Art is Long Distance." The New York Times, December 25, 1995, ill.Arteaga 1996
Arteaga, Alicia de. "Una Colección de Museo." La Nación (Buenos Aires), May 19, 1996, ill. p. 32.Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes 1996b
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Colección Costantini en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires: Skira, 1996, ill. p. 157.Sampognaro 1997
Sampognaro, Pilar. "Al compás de los martillos." Revista Convivir (Uruguay) (August 1997), ill.Fundación Eduardo Costantini 1998
A coleçao Costantini no MAM Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Fundación Eduardo Costantini, 1998, ill. p. 203.Theran 1999
Theran, Susan. Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction. Newton, MA: Auction Index, Inc., 1999, ill. p. 14.Costantini, Arteaga, and Pachecho 2001
Costantini, Eduardo F., Agustin Arteaga and Marcelo E. Pacheco. MALBA-Colección Costantini. Mexico: Landucci, 2001, ill. p. 136.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 240, no. 6.84.Shaw 2011
Shaw, Edward. Pintura Contemporánea Latin Americana. Santiago, Chile: Celfin Capital, 2011, ill. p. 305.Sanchez Vidal 2012
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).