Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1931.126
Construcción
Alternate title: Formes superposées
c.1931
Oil on wood
13 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 2 7/8 in. (34.3 x 13.3 x 7.3 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Provenance
Exhibitions
Gallery of Living Art, New York, The A.E Gallatin Collection, 1937, no. 130.
Gallery of Living Art, New York, The A.E Gallatin Collection, 1940, no. 129.
Pan American Union, District of Columbia, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April 19–May 5, 1961. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, July 13–August 15, 1961; Wells College, Macmillan Hall, Aurora, New York, October 15–November 15, 1961.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 35. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 78, ill., p. 107. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Planar Dimension, March 9–May 6, 1979, no. 63, ill., p. 98.
Newark Museum, New Jersey, Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America: 1920s-50s, February 17–May 23, 2010. (Newark Museum 2010), ill., p. 65, plate 21. Traveled to: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, June 26–September 5, 2010.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 48, fig. 20. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Daval, Jean-Luc. Avant-Garde Art: 1914-1939. Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1980, ill.
Prat, Marie-Aline. Peinture et Avante-Garde au Seuil des Années 30. Lausanne: La Cité, 1984, no. 30, as Formes superposées.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 90, fig 28.
Record last updated October 21, 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, c.1931 (1931.126)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1296 (accessed on July 27, 2025).