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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1931
1931.29
Constructive Composition (Composición constructiva)
Alternate title: Constructive Composition TSF/140
1931
Oil on canvas
37 3/8 x 24 in. (94.9 x 61 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 31
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 32, ill., p. 37. 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.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 31, ill., p. 133.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 126. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Pintura del Mercosur. Buenos Aires: Grupo Velox, 2000, ill. p. 40.
Record last updated October 20, 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. "Constructive Composition (Composición constructiva), 1931 (1931.29)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1052 (accessed on April 28, 2025).