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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1932
1932.67 (estate: 525)
Composition symétrique en rouge et blanc
Alternate title: Composición simétrica en rojo y blanco
1932
Oil on canvas
51 5/8 x 27 3/16 in. (131 x 69 cm)
Signed lower left: J.Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 32
Private collection, Houston
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Private collection, Houston
Exhibitions
1955 Subte Municipal
Subte Municipal, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Torres García, 1955.
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 8. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
1967 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 13, ill.
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 24, ill., p. 57. 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.
1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 79. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
1977 Meredith Long & Company
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Works by Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, April 14–30, 1977, no. 525, ill. Traveled to: Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, November 12–December 1, 1977.
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 50, ill., p. 45. 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.
1987–88 Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Le siècle de Picasso, October 1987–January 1988, no. 54, ill., p. 108. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, January 29–March 13, 1988.
1989 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, The Private Eye, June 11–August 13, 1989.
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. 81, ill., p. 123. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 329.
1993 Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 152.
2009 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings in Houston Collections, September 6–November 29, 2009.
2010–11 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, October 24, 2010–February 6, 2011, ill., p. 25, plate 3.
2013 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Texas, Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from Alumni Collections, February 24–May 19, 2013, ill., p. 86.
Published References
Torres-García 1944a
Torres-García, Joaquín. Universalismo Constructivo. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1944, ill.
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 20, Dated 1931.
Torrens 1959a
Torrens, Maria Luisa. "Significación del Taller Torres García." El País (Montevideo), 1959, ill.
Torroella 1975
Torroella, Santos. "Con Mondrian al Fondo." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. p. 69.
Bozal 1992
Bozal, Valeriano. Pinturas y esculturas Españolas del siglo XX (1900-1939). Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte. Vol. XXXVI. Madrid: Espasa Calipe, 1992, ill. p. 534.
Braun 1993
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 267.
Leal 1994
Paloma Esteban Leal. Benjamín Palencia y el arte nuevo: obras 1919-1936. Valencia: Bancaja, 1994. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28, as Composition symétrique en rouge et blanc.
Gradowczyk 1995
Gradowczyk, Mario H. "Torres García y Xul Solar: ¿Alegoría o Simbolismo?" Criterio año LXVIII, no. 2164 (October 26, 1995), ill. p. 591.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 354, no. 206.
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 236, no. 6.82.
Bozal 2013
Bozal, Valeriano. Historia de la pintura y la escultura del siglo XX en España - Vol. I: 1900-1939. Madrid: Antonio Machado, 2013, p. 170, as Composición simétrica en rojo y blanco.
Record last updated May 9, 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. "Composition symétrique en rouge et blanc, 1932 (1932.67)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1130 (accessed on July 14, 2025).