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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1932
1932.13
Construcción con frontón clásico
1932
Oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. (100 x 75 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 32
Private collection
Provenance
Heléné Anavi, Paris, France
Sotheby's, London, United Kingdom, March 27, 1984, The Hélène Anaví Collection of Surrealist and Post-War Art, lot 13, ill.
Private collection
Exhibitions
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 45, ill., p. 47. 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. 79, ill., p. 121. 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. 37, ill., p. 137.
Published References
Ferguson 1992
Ferguson, Eve M. "Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers." Afro-American Newspaper Co., June 24, 1992.
Nessen 1993
Nessen, Susan. "Multiculturalism in the Americas." Art Journal vol. 52, no. 2 (Summer 1993), ill. p. 88.
Record last updated June 24, 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. "Construcción con frontón clásico, 1932 (1932.13)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1123 (accessed on April 26, 2025).