Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1930.88 (estate: 1020)
Construcción con hombres y objetos
1930
Oil on incised wood
15 3/8 x 13 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (39 x 34.5 x 9 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torrès GARCIA 30
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection
Exhibitions
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 58, ill., p. 98. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 130, 13. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: De Paris a Montevideo, November 4–December 5, 2008, ill., p. 37.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 46, ill., p. 157. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 132. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Maderas, dibujos y juguetes, January 22–March 1, 2015, ill.
Published References
"Joaquín Torres-García: propagandista de la modernidad." Madrid en Cinco Estrellas (1991), ill. p. 32-33.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 352, no. 194.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 122, no. 4.36. .
Record last updated April 27, 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. "Construcción con hombres y objetos, 1930 (1930.88)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1279 (accessed on August 21, 2025).