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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1932
1932.66 (estate: 1013)
Constructivo con una maderita superpuesta
Alternate title: Construction with Wood Strip
1932
Oil and nails on wood
17 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (44.5 x 26 x 3.8 cm)
Signed upper left: JTG; dated upper center: 32
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Artcurial, Paris
Private collection
Rachel Adler Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Christie's New York, November 20, 1995, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot 64, ill. p. 121.
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 26, 1996, Latin American Art, lot 164, ill.
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Exhibitions
1977 Sidney Janis Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 42. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).
1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 26.
1981 Museo de Arte Moderno
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949), February 5–March 15, 1981, no. 32. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).
1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 31.
1985 Art Curial
Art Curial, centre d'art plastique contemporain, Paris, Les noce catalanes, May–June 1985, no. 187, ill., p. 63.
1989 Palazzo Volpi
Palazzo Volpi, Côme, Italy, L’Europa dei Razionalisti: Pittura, Scultura, Architettura negli Anni Trenta, May 27–September 3, 1989, no. 22a, ill., p. 107.
1990 Galerie Marwan Hoss
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 53.
1990b Rachel Adler Gallery
Rachel Adler Gallery, New York, Cercle et Carré: Thoughts for the 1930s, October 11–November 10, 1990, no. 30, ill.
2003 MNAV
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay, Geo-Metrías, Abstracción Geométrica Latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros, July 3–October 25, 2003. Traveled to: Museo del Arte Latinoamerica de Buenos Aires (MALBA), March 14–May 19, 2003.
2005 Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, Diálogos/Diálogos, Arte Latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros, May 5–June 29, 2005, no. 3, ill., p. 67. Traveled to: Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, July 22–September 26, 2004; Museo de Bellas Artes de Santiago de Chile, Chile, November 25–February 28, 2004.
2006 Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Cruce de Miradas. Visiones de América Latina en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, August 2–October 21, 2006.
2007 The Blanton Museum of Art
The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collections, February 20–April 22, 2007. Traveled to: Gray Art Gallery, New York University, New York, September 12–December 8, 2007.
2009–10 The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 79, ill., p. 165. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
2013 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, La invención concreta: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, January 22–September 16, 2013, ill., p. 157.
2014 Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, July 5–September 28, 2014, no. 1, ill., p. 74.
2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 123, no. 4.37.
Record last updated June 22, 2016. 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. "Constructivo con una maderita superpuesta, 1932 (1932.66)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1174 (accessed on July 14, 2025).