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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1933
1933.14 (estate: 556)
Constructif
Alternate titles: Avev 1565; Composition
1933
Oil on cardboard
41 1/2 x 29 5/8 in. (105.5 x 75.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 33
Private collection, United States
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 29, 1984, lot 32, ill.
Private collection, United States
Exhibitions
1959 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Twenty-Four Modern Masters, October 26–November 30, 1959, no. 4, ill.
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 58, ill., p. 58. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.
Published References
Cassou 1959
Cassou, Jean. "Un apôtre; Torres-García." XXième Siécle (Paris), no. 13 (Noël 1959), ill, as Composition.
Fonseca 1960
Fonseca, Gonzalo. "Torres-Garcia's symbols within squares." Art News vol. 50 (March 1960), ill. p. 30.
Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 119, no. 90, as Avev 1565.
Facultad de Ingeniería 1992
"Temas de la Facultad de Ingeniería, 1892-1992: 100 años de ingeniería nacional." Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República (Montevideo), no. 1 (September 1992), ill. on cover, as Avev 1565.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 456, no. 308.
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. "Constructif, 1933 (1933.14)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1382 (accessed on July 6, 2025).