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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
1931.28 (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
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Lee Ault and Company, New York
Royal S. Marks Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 23, 1992, Nineteen Works by Joaquín Torres-García From the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 15, ill.
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 17, 1995, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 41, ill.
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 6.1962 Royal Marks Gallery
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings 1928-1945, January 9–February 10, 1962, no. 7.1969 Royal Marks Gallery
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 3, ill.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
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, 1971.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 17.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
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, 1987.1987 Indianapolis Museum of Art
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 1960b
Ashton, Dore. "New York découvre Torres-García." XXéme siécle (Paris) année XXII, no. 15 (Noël 1960), ill. p. 123.Onetti 1975b
Onetti, Juan Carlos. "Infidencia sobre Torres-García." Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García. Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. detail p. 13.Ramon Aramon i Serra 1980
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Vol. 14. Barcelona: Ramon Aramon i Serra, 1980, ill. p. 563.Gowing 1983
Sir Lawrence Gowing. A Biographical Dictionary of Artists. Oxfordshire: Andromeda Oxford Limited, ill. p. 678.Braun 1993
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 2001
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 2006
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 2010
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 August 24, 2025).