Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
1931.28 (estate: 487)
Constructif avec figure étrange
Alternate title: Construcció amb figures estranyes
c.1931
Oil on canvas
35 x 21 1/2 in. (88.9 x 53.7 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Provenance
Lee Ault and Company, New York
Exhibitions
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings 1928-1945, January 9–February 10, 1962, no. 7.
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 3, ill.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 21, ill., p. 54. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 17.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 38, ill., p. 41. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987, July 28–September 13, 1987, ill., p. 77. Traveled to: The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, October 10–December 6, 1987; Center for Art, Miami, January 15–March 4, 1988; Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, March 25–May 2, 1988.
Published References
Ashton, Dore. "New York découvre Torres-García." XXéme siécle (Paris) année XXII, no. 15 (Noël 1960), ill. p. 123.
Onetti, Juan Carlos. "Infidencia sobre Torres-García." Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García. Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. detail p. 13.
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Vol. 14. Barcelona: Ramon Aramon i Serra, 1980, ill. p. 563.
Sir Lawrence Gowing. A Biographical Dictionary of Artists. Oxfordshire: Andromeda Oxford Limited, ill. p. 678.
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 265.
de Torres, Cecilia. "Pilgrimage to the sources of Amerindian art." In Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm. Brussels: Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 251, fig. 3.
Puig Menetrier, Jacqueline. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia (1874-1949): du noucentisme a l'universalisme construit." Domitia (Perpignan, France), no, 7 (June 2006), ill. p. 17, as Construcció amb figures estranyes.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 123, fig. 36.
Record last updated June 2, 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 avec figure étrange, c.1931 (1931.28)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1051 (accessed on June 15, 2025).