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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1931
1931.46 (estate: 757)
Art constructif
1931
Oil on cardboard
31 x 23 1/2 in. (78.7 x 59.7 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres GARCIA; dated upper right: 31
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Private collection, Lausanne, Switzerland
Christie's, New York, November 20, 2015, Latin American Art, lot 8, ill. p. 27, detail p. 29, and on cover.
Exhibitions
1956 Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 7.
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 10.
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 20, ill., p. 53. 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.
Published References
Cassou 1955
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 9.
George 1955
George, Waldemar. "Joaquín Torres-García Un maitre de l'art amérindien." Revue Francaise (November 1955), ill. p. 12.
Prossor 1957
Prossor, John. "An Introduction to Abstract Painting." Apollo vol. 66, no. 392 (October 1957), ill. p. 84.
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 16.
Torroella 1975
Torroella, Santos. "Con Mondrian al Fondo." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. p. 69.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 351, no. 191.
Record last updated March 27, 2018. 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. "Art constructif, 1931 (1931.46)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1069 (accessed on April 26, 2025).