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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
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (Gift, Royal S. Marks in memory of Gertrude Marks and Herbert F. Gower, Jr., 1987) (87.3568)
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Royal S. Marks, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Exhibitions
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
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.
1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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.
2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
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
Grupo Velox 2000
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).