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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1931.21
Composición constructiva
1931
Tempera on wood panel
16 1/2 x 21 15/16 in. (42 x 56 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
The symbols and composition of this painting are very similar to that of a 1929 canvas seen in a studio photograph. In comparison to this earlier work, this painting appears more evolved in accordance with the artist's developing Constructivist style.
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Christie's New York, May 18, 1992, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, lot 50, ill. p. 91.
Private collection
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
Collection of Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Private collection, Pasadena, California
Exhibitions
1993 Hirschl & Adler Galleries
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Crosscurrents: Americans in Paris 1900, February 6–March 13, 1993, ill.1993–94 Albany Museum of Art
Albany Museum of Art, Georgia, Pioneers of Modernism in 1888–1955, September 11, 1993–January 2, 1994.Published References
El Museo del Barrio 2010
El Museo del Barrio. Nexus New York, Latin/American Artist in the Modern Metropolis. New York, 2010 (2009–10 El Museo del Barrio), ill. p. 22.Record last updated October 29, 2021. 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. "Composición constructiva, 1931 (1931.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1044 (accessed on May 10, 2025).