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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
1933.35 (estate: 980)
Construcción en blanco y negro
Alternate title: Constructivo en blanco y negro "TBA"
1933
Oil on wood
22 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (57.8 x 33.6 cm)
Signed lower center: J. Torres GARCIA; Dated lower right: 33
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, New York
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Royal S. Marks, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 1, ill.
Private collection
Sicardi Gallery, Houston
Colección Telefónica
Exhibitions
1975 Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 33. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 60, ill., p. 59. 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, 1987.2001– Sicardi Gallery
Sicardi Gallery, Houston, The School of the South, el Taller T-G, November 2001.2005 Fundación Telefónica
Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, El Cubismo y sus entornos en las colecciones de Telefónica, January 20–March 27, 2005, ill., p. 253. Traveled to: Museo Nacional de Arte de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, December 20, 2005–May 7, 2006; Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, July 4–September 3, 2006; Museo de Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain, September 21, 2006–January 15, 2007; Fundación Telefónica Chile, Santiago de Chile, April 1–June 29, 2008; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, July 22–September 14, 2008; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Neuquén, November 7–January 11, 2008; Fundación Telefónica, Lima, Peru, March 31–June 28, 2009; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, September 26–November 11, 2009; Musée D'Ixelles, Brussels, February 4–April 25, 2010; Lembruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany, July 8–September 26, 2010; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, November 23, 2010–January 9, 2011.2012–13 Fundación Telefónica
Fundación Telefónica, Colección Cubista de Telefónica, May 9, 2012–September 1, 2013. Traveled to: Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain, September 23–February 16, 2013; Museo de Bellas Artes, Sevilla, Spain, March 6–June 29, 2014; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante, Spain, September 30–January 11, 2014; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain, February 3–May 31, 2015.2017 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Colección Telefónica: Cubismo(s) y experiencias de la Modernidad, November 22, 2017, as Constructivo en blanco y negro "TBA".Published References
Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro 1978
Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro. América Latina Geometria Sensível. Rio de Janeiro, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 47.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 58, no. 37.Ruiz 2016
Ruiz, Enrique Andrés. "La hora de Joaquín Torres-García." El País (Madrid), May 14, 2016, ill.Guilarte 2022
Guilarte, Mariela. Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino: 25+. Houston: Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, ill. p. 292, as Constructivo en blanco y negro "TBA".Record last updated December 7, 2017. 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 blanco y negro, 1933 (1933.35)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1406 (accessed on September 12, 2025).