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Classification: Painting
Medium: Tempera
Support: On canvas
Year: 1931
1931.27 (estate: 420)
Constructif a l’homme blanc
Alternate title: Constructif avec homme blanc
1931
Tempera on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA 31
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres
Museo Torres Garcia
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Exhibitions
1934 Amigos del Arte
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, Primera Exposición en el Uruguay de Joaquín Torres-García, obras retrospectivas y recientes, de 1898 hasta 1934, June 1934.
1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 23, ill., p. 32.
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. 73, ill., p. 115. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
2018 Acquavella Galleries
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 40, ill., p. 156, detail pp. 157-158, as Constructif avec homme blanc.
Published References
Argul 1966a
Argul, Jose Pedro. Las Artes Plásticas del Uruguay: Desde la época indígena al momento contemporáneo. Montevideo: Barreiro y Ramos, 1966, ill. no. 53.
Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo 1970
Plásticos Uruguayos. Vol. II.. Uruguay: Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo, 1970, ill.
Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 147.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 351, no. 192.
Record last updated January 28, 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. "Constructif a l’homme blanc, 1931 (1931.27)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1050 (accessed on May 13, 2025).