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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1933.09 (estate: 37)
Composición constructiva en blanco y negro
1933
Tempera on cardboard
29 11/16 x 20 11/16 in. (75.5 x 52.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J.TG; Dated lower right 33
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 28-29, 1985, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 92, ill.
Private collection
Capriles Cannizzaro Family Collection
Exhibitions
1964 Instituto Torcuato Di Tella
Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García: Obras de museos y colecciones particulares de Montevideo y Buenos Aires, November 4–29, 1964, no. 1.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 32.1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 82, ill., p. 100. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1974 The University of Texas at Austin
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, Only exhibited at Caracas venue as number 32. 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.Published References
Removedor 1950c
"J. Torres-García." Removedor (Montevideo), no. 27 (December 1950), ill. p. 7.Cassou 1955
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 8.Torrens 1960d
T[orrens], M[aria] L[uisa]. "El Maestro Torres García se Cotiza en 15.000 dolares." El País (Montevideo), c. October 1960, ill.Jardí 1974
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Translated by Kenneth Lyons. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1974, ill. p. 187, no. 252.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 121, no. 92.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 456, no. 311.Record last updated June 12, 2026. 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. "Composición constructiva en blanco y negro, 1933 (1933.09)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1379 (accessed on July 27, 2026).