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1930.86 (estate: 1055)
Constructivo con varillas superpuestas
Alternate titles: Constructive with attached rods; Constructivo con varillas sobrepuestas
1930
Oil on wood
23 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (60 x 42 x 3 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: JTG 30
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres
Estate of Olimpia Torres
Galería Oscar Prato, Montevideo
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
1974 Museo de Arte Precolombino
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 71.1977 Galería Palatina
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres García, August–October 1977, no. 10.1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 49.1990b IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, Arte Abstracto, Arte Concreto: Paris, Cercle et Carré, 1930, September 20–December 2, 1990, no. 20, ill., p. 52.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 60, ill., p. 100. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1997 Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, April 10–June 22, 1997, no. 11, ill., p. 63. Traveled to: Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain, July 11–August 24, 1997.1997 Cultural Rioja
iberCaja, Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain, Joaquín Torres García: artista y teórico, August 29–September 28, 1997, no. 21, ill., p. 33. Traveled to: Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, October 16–November 23, 1997.2000–01 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. 284.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 40. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, p. 46.2004 Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García, Óleos, Maderas y Dibujos, July 28–December 15, 2004, a, ill., p. 45.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 55, 143. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.2009–10 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. 47, ill., p. 155. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 130. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 85. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Revista V.S.D. 1978
"Tres caminos para un Mundo Cotidiano." Revista V.S.D. (Buenos Aires), August 18, 1978, ill.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 41, no. 24.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 54.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Houston, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 157, no. 85.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 115, no. 4.28. .O'Brien et al 2013
O'Brien, Elaine, Everlyn Nicodemus, Melissa Chiu, Benjamin Genocchio, Mary K. Coffey, and Roberto Tejada. Modern Art in Africa, Asia, and Latin America: An Introduction to Global Modernisms. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, fig. 32.1, ill. p. 342, as Constructive with attached rods.Record last updated August 2, 2017. 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 varillas superpuestas, 1930 (1930.86)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1277 (accessed on August 22, 2025).