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Construction, 1930 (1930.03). Verso
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Medium: Oil
Support: On wood
Year: 1930
1930.03 (estate: 982)
Construction
Alternate titles: Composición geométrica; Construcción No. 3
1930
Oil on wood
11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (29.5 x 29.5 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torrès-GARCIA 30
Private collection, Madrid
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Private collection, Paris
Christie's New York, November 19, 2001, Latin American Sale, lot 23, ill. p. 48.
Private collection, Madrid
Exhibitions
1978 Galería Palatina
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Homenaje a Joaquín Torres García, August 1978, no. 11, as Construcción No. 3.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 184, ill., p. 200, as Composición geométrica.
Published References
Ibarz 2003
Ibarz, Merce. "El Picasso se rinde a Torres García." La Vanguardia, November 30, 2003, ill.
Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 52, fig. 27.
Documentary Materials
photo (historical)

Torres-Garcia in his Montevideo studio c.1939

 
Record last updated April 5, 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. "Construction, 1930 (1930.03)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1282 (accessed on July 12, 2025).