Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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Keywords
- Construction
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1932.02 (estate: 534)
Eléments universelles et le monde de la nature
1932
Oil on canvas
This work is created from two canvases sewn together across the diagonal of the composition.
This work is created from two canvases sewn together across the diagonal of the composition.
52 1/4 x 44 1/2 in. (133 x 113 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 32
Restored
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibitions
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 12.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949), February 5–March 15, 1981. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 8, ill.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 54, ill., p. 53. 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.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 237, ill., p. 252.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 46, ill., p. 167, detail pp. 168-169, as Eléments universelles et le monde de la nature.
Published References
Cortina, Leonor. "Joaquín Torres-García, apóstol de la pintura hispanoamericana." El Sol de México, March 22, 1980, ill. p. 5.
Peri Rossi, Cristina. "Via Lactea." La Semana de Bellas Artes: Nuevos Valores de la Literatura Uruguaya, no. 216 (January 20, 1982), ill. p. 4.
Torres-García, Joaquín. Universalimo Constructivo. Vol. 2. Madrid: Alianza, 1984, ill. no. 3.
Record last updated July 18, 2023. 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. "Eléments universelles et le monde de la nature, 1932 (1932.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1112 (accessed on April 28, 2025).