Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1932.89 (estate: 397)
Construcción en planos superpuestos
Alternate title: Construction in Overlapping Planes
1932
Oil on wood
24 x 10 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (61 x 27 x 9 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J. Torres-GARCIA 32
Provenance
Private collection, Madrid
Exhibitions
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 179*, Listed as number 68 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981), no. 27, ill.
Gimpel Fils, London, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings & Constructions, June 19–July 14, 1984. (Stellweg 1984), no. 19.
Kouros Gallery, New York, Torres-García and his Legacy, November 25–December 31, 1986.
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García Construcciones en Madera y Óleos, Summer 1993, no. 8, ill., p. 21.
Museo de Teruel, Spain, La infancia del arte: Arte de los niños y arte moderno en España, 1996. Traveled to: Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño, Spain.
Musée de la Ville de Paris, France, Années 30 en Europe: Le Temps Menaçant 1929-1939, February 20–May 25, 1997, ill., p. 284.
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona-Madrid, 1898-1998, September 22, 1997–January 18, 1998.
Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, La Coruña, Spain, Vanguardias históricas, arte español 1918-1939, 1998, ill., p. 84. Traveled to: Sala Municipal de Exposiciones del Museo de la Pasión, Valladolid, Spain.
Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Madrid, Barcelona-Madrid, 1898-1998, March 3–May 10, 1998.
Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain, Coleción Permanente: El arte nuevo, 2002.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa, La Coruña, Spain, HIPERVINCULOS: Colección Unión FENOSA en el Museo Patio Herreriano, 2007.
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 77, ill., p. 64. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.
Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Nueva presentación de la Colección Arte Contemporáneo, 2010.
Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa, Alzuza, Spain, Homo Ludens: El artista frente al juego, November 11, 2010–February 13, 2011. (Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa 2010–2011), ill., p. 62.
Palau de la Música y Congresos, Valencia, Spain, La esencia de las formas, 2011.
Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Experiencias de la Modernidad: Arte en España, 1916-1956, 2013, ill., p. 260.
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Experiencias de la Modernidad: Arte en España, 1916-1956, 2013.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 142. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo, October 9, 2016–January 29, 2017, no. 21, ill., p. 151, as Construction in Overlapping Planes.
Published References
Battegazzore, Miguel A. J. Torres-García: La trama y los signos. Montevideo: Gordon, 1999, ill. p. 212, no. 212.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), no. 77, ill. p. 64.
Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa. Homo Ludens: El artista frente al juego. Alzuza, Spain, 2010-2011. Exhibition catalogue (2010–11 Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa), ill. p. 62.
Record last updated November 10, 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. "Construcción en planos superpuestos, 1932 (1932.89)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1306 (accessed on July 5, 2025).