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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
1932.10 (estate: 876)
Constructif avec formes primitives
Alternate title: Composition
1932
Oil on canvas
50 x 34 1/2 in. (127 x 88 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres GARCIA; dated lower center: 32
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Alice M. Kaplan
Estate of Alice M. Kaplan
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Collection of Diane and Bruce Halle, Scottsdale, Arizona
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 1, ill.1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 11. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1960a Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 5, ill.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 10, ill., on cover. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1969 Royal Marks Gallery
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 8, ill.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 25, ill., p. 58. 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, 1971.1972 Center for Inter-American Relations
Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, Looking South: Latin American Art in New York Collections, May 16–July 28, 1972, no. 38, ill.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 55, ill., p. 54. 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, 1987.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 82, ill., p. 124. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1992 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. 35, ill., p. 136.1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993.1993 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 214, ill., p. 354. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).1995a Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 14.1997 Ramis Barquet / Robert Miller Gallery
Ramis Barquet / Robert Miller Gallery, New York, Latin American Masters, 1997.2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 147.2004 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America, June 20–September 12, 2004, no. 20, ill., p. 33.2014 The Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, February 26–October 1, 2014.Published References
Cassou 1959
Cassou, Jean. "Un apôtre; Torres-García." XXième Siécle (Paris), no. 13 (Noël 1959), as Composition.de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 21 and cover.Genauer 1960
Genauer, Emily. New York Herald Tribune, ill.Suro 1964
Suro, Darío. "Torres García." ¡Ahora! (Santo Domingo) año III, no. 67 (July 20, 1964), ill. p. 52.Suro 1965
Suro, Darío. "El Universalismo Constructivo de Torres-García." Américas vol. 17, no. 5 (March 1965), ill. p. 26.Messer 1966
Messer, Thomas M. The Emergent Decade, Latin American Painters and Painting in the 60s. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1966. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28.Bantel 1980
Bantel, Linda. The Alice M. Kaplan Collection. Jamestown, RI: Brandywine Press, Inc., 1980, ill. p. 202, no. 95.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 52, no. 33.Schjeldahl 1993
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Southern Exposure." The Village Voice, June 22, 1993, ill.Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía 2001
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Medio siglo sin-lugar- 1918-1968. Madrid, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 146.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 197, no. 6.29.Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2007
Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2007, ill. p. 255.Phoenix Art Museum 2012
Phoenix Art Museum. Order, Chaos, and the Space Between: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection. 2012. Exhibition catalogue, ill. fig 2, p. 41.Record last updated May 27, 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 avec formes primitives, 1932 (1932.10)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1120 (accessed on April 27, 2025).