Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1931.133 (estate: 1031)
Constructivo con formas curvas (Construction with Curved Forms)
1931
Oil and nails on wood
19 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 1/2 in. (49.5 x 41 x 1.3 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 31
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Zurich
Exhibitions
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Arte Constructivo: Joaquín Torres-García, October 25, 1965, no. 6.
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 64.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Planar Dimension, March 9–May 6, 1979, no. 66, ill., p. 101.
Gimpel Fils, London, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings & Constructions, June 19–July 14, 1984. (Stellweg 1984), no. 18.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 61, ill., p. 101. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX, August 11–October 12, 1992.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 330.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 150.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 216, ill., p. 356. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 142. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 154.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 198, ill., p. 212.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 61, ill., p. 75 and back cover. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 133. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift, October 21, 2019–March 1, 2020.
Published References
Ibarz, Merce. "Torres-García, Vanguardista hasta el Fin." La Vanguardia, August 18, 1991, ill. p. 38.
Prats Rivelles, Rafael. "Torres- García: las vanguardias, asimiladas." Qué y Dónde, September 23/29, 1991, ill. p. 8.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 353, no. 200.
de Torres, Cecilia. "Constructing Abstraction with Wood." Literal: Latin American Voices 18 (October 2009), ill. p. 13.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia. Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949. Tipografia San Francisco, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 16.
Wilkin, Karen. "Joaquín Torres-García: 'The Arcadian Modern' Review." The Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2015.
Kartofel, Gabriela. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, Museum of Modern Art, New York." ArtNexus 99 (December 2015-February 2016), ill. p. 51.
Michelle Greet. Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris Between the Wars. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 165, ill. p. 178.
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 formas curvas (Construction with Curved Forms), 1931 (1931.133)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1293 (accessed on July 22, 2025).