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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1931
1931.11
Composition aux cinq parts
Alternate titles: Abstraction; Arte constructivo
1931
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 15 in. (55 x 38 cm)
Signed lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Exhibitions
Galerie Pierre, Paris, Oeuvres Récentes de Torrès García: Peintures - Sculptures, March 4–18, 1932.
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 10, did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 186. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 190.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 224, ill., p. 239.
Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Spain, A Intuição e a Estrutura/La Intuición y la Estructura: De Torres-García a Vieira da Silva 1929-1949, December 4, 2008–January 25, 2009, ill., p. 23. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, February 24–April 19, 2009.
Published References
"Legion Art Exhibit Ends Today; Other Shows on View in Paris." Chicago Tribune, March 6, 1932, ill., as Abstraction.
de Torre, Guillermo. "La pintura de Torres-Garcia." Arte: Revista de la Sociedad de Artistas Ibéricos (Madrid) año 1, no. 1 (1932), ill. p. 47.
Paris Sunday, March 6, 1932, ill.
Torres-García, Joaquín. "De la libertad y disciplina en el arte." Saber Vivir (Argentina), no. 6 (January 1941), ill. p. 34, as Arte constructivo.
Merli, Joan. "J. Torres-García." Catalunya (Buenos Aires) año XIII, no. 143 (October 1942), ill.
Pérez Segura, Javier. Arte moderno, vanguardia y estado: la Sociedad de Artistas Ibéricos y la República (1931-1936). Madrid: CSIC, 2003, ill. p. 166.
Tempel, Ingrid. "Disparen contra el Centro Pompidou: Ni olvido ni ostracismo." Especial Torres García. El País Cultural (Montevideo), December 12, 2003, ill.
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 69.
Record last updated January 27, 2015. 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 aux cinq parts, 1931 (1931.11)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1034 (accessed on August 2, 2025).