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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1932
1932.04 (estate: 32)
Composición universal
1932
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 25 5/8 in. (80 x 65 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA 32
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Provenance
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Exhibitions
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 5.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 56, ill., p. 55. 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.
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, no. 9, ill.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 191. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 195.
Published References
Badrinas, Antoni. "J. Torres-Garcia." Art (Barcelona) I, no, 3 (December 1933), ill.
Salas Viu, V. "Sensorialismo y Construcción en el Arte." Alfar (Montevideo) año XIII (March 1935), ill.
Vitureira, Cipriano S. Arte Simple. Montevideo: Nueva America, 1937, ill.
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 6.
"Beyond the Fringe." Building Design (London) (January 17, 1986), ill. p. 21.
Kohen, Helen. "Style meets content at CFA." The Miami Herald, September 14, 1986, ill.
Fey, Shari. "Artist creates own language in grids." Beaumont Enterprise (Texas), February 22, 1987, ill.
Battegazzore, Miguel A. J. Torres-García: La trama y los signos. Montevideo: Gordon, 1999, ill. p. 175, no. 177.
Record last updated April 28, 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. "Composición universal, 1932 (1932.04)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1114 (accessed on April 28, 2025).