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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
1932.54 (estate: 388)
Pintura constructiva
Alternate title: Constructive Painting
1932
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 32
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Galería Estudio Actual, Caracas
Adolfo M. Maslach, Caracas
Estate of Adolfo M. Maslach
Luís Paulo Montenegro, Rio de Janeiro
Exhibitions
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 13. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
1967 Galería Moretti
Galería Moretti, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición de pintura Uruguaya, 1967, no. 22, ill., on cover.
1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 80, ill., p. 99. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
1976 Galería Clara Sujo
Galería Clara Sujo, Caracas, July 1976.
1997 Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas
Museo de Bellas Artes, Venezuela, La Colección de Adolfo Maslach -Visión de una Poética Constructiva, May–August 1997, no. 28.
1999 Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999.
2018 Fundación Banco Santander
Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid, Visiones de la tierra. El mundo planeado. Colección Luís Paulo Montenegro, February 20–June 10, 2018, ill., p. 55, as Constructive Painting.
Published References
da Silva 1959
da Silva, Quirino. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia." Diario de Sao Paulo, October 18, 1959, ill.
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 30.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. no. XLIX, p. 373.
Record last updated August 21, 2018. 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. "Pintura constructiva, 1932 (1932.54)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1164 (accessed on August 22, 2025).