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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
1931.99 (estate: 532)
Grafisme constructif
c.1931
Tempera on wood
61 3/8 x 20 in. (156 x 51 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, Switzerland
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Exhibitions
1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 23.1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 24.1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 29, ill.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. 52, ill., p. 106. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, January 29–March 13, 1988.1997 Jan Krugier Gallery
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, no. 2, ill.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. 148.2009–10 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. 69, ill., p. 159; detail ill. p. 89. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 123. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 174, no. 234.Estrazulas 1982
Estrazulas, Enrique. "La Verdad Esta Triste." La Semana de Bellas Artes: Nuevos Valores de la Literatura Uruguaya, no. 216 (January 20, 1982), ill. detail p. 11.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.Angeline 1997
Angeline, John. "Joaquín Torres-García." Art Nexus, no. 26 (October/December 1997), ill. p. 155.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 241, no. 6.85.MNCARS 2014
Picasso and Spanish Modernity: Works from the Collection MNCARS. Madrid: Ediciones Mandrágora, ill. p. 221, as Grafisme constructif.Record last updated October 27, 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. "Grafisme constructif, c.1931 (1931.99)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1190 (accessed on April 29, 2025).