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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
Private collection
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
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 28, 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. "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 5, 2025).