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Classification: Sculpture, Relief, and Assemblage

Medium: Oil

Support: On wood

Year: 1931

1931.88 (estate: 1040)

Constructivo hombre blanco

c.1931

Oil on wood with fabric collage and superimposed wood strips

15 x 10 in. (38 x 25.5 cm)

Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 31

Private collection, Buenos Aires

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Manolita Piña de Torres-García

Horacio Torres

Estate of Horacio Torres

Private collection, Buenos Aires

Exhibitions

1987 Fundación Torres-García

Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 35, ill., p. 33.

Published References

Gradowczyk 2007

Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 114, no. 4.27.

Record last updated July 21, 2023. 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 hombre blanco, c.1931 (1931.88)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1297 (accessed on June 28, 2025).