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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
1932.01 (estate: 689)
Constructif aux double ligne a la terre d'ombre (Constructivo a doble línea en tierra sombra)
1932
Oil on cardboard laid over panel
17 1/2 x 12 13/16 in. (44.5 x 32.4 cm)
Signed lower center: J. Torres GARCIA; dated lower right: 32
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Galerie Melki, Paris
Private collection, Munich
Christie's New York, November 24, 1998, Latin American Sale, lot 14, ill. p. 31.
Christie's New York, November 20, 2000, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 39, ill. p. 95.
Private collection
World House Gallery, South Orange, New Jersey
Private collection
Christie's, New York, May 27, 2015, Latin American Art, lot 10, ill. p. 35.
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 19.1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 9. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 11, ill., on cover. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1971–72 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. 24.Published References
Caporale Scelta 1959
Caporale Scelta, Julio. "V Bienal de São Paulo- Uruguai." Habitat (São Paulo), no. 56 (October-December 1959), ill. p. 89.de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 14.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 aux double ligne a la terre d'ombre (Constructivo a doble línea en tierra sombra), 1932 (1932.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1111 (accessed on April 29, 2025).