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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1934.01 (estate: 392)
Locomotora con casa constructiva
1934
Oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 23 3/16 in. (71.3 x 59 cm)
Signed lower left: J.TG; Dated lower right: 34
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
CDS Gallery, Caracas
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Exhibitions
1935a Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes
Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, Montevideo, 3a. Exposición arte constructiva, July 1935.1986 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Pintura Panamericana 1915–1945, January–May 1986.2001 Fogg Art Museum
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, March 3–November 4, 2001, no. 60, ill., p. 230.2003 MNAV
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay, Geo-Metrías, Abstracción Geométrica Latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros, July 3–October 25, 2003, ill., p. 69. Traveled to: Museo del Arte Latinoamerica de Buenos Aires (MALBA), March 14–May 19, 2003.2005 Tamanaco Intercontinental
Tamanaco Intercontinental, Caracas, FERIA IBEROAMERICANA DE ARTE, July 6–11, 2005, ill., p. 57.2007 The Blanton Museum of Art
The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collections, February 20–April 22, 2007. Traveled to: Gray Art Gallery, New York University, New York, September 12–December 8, 2007.2010 Newark Museum
Newark Museum, New Jersey, Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America: 1920s-50s, February 17–May 23, 2010. (Newark Museum 2010), ill., p. 19, plate 3. Traveled to: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, June 26–September 5, 2010.2011 Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes
Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, ¿Qué es el arte moderno para ti?, February 17–May 15, 2011.2013 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, La invención concreta: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, January 22–September 16, 2013, ill., p. 155.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 147. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.2018 Moderna Museet
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Concrete Matters, February 24–March 13, 2018.Published References
Hughes 2001
Hughes, Robert. "Escaping the Provincial Trap, South America's 20th century abstractionists found a way to be local - and universal." TIME 158 (10) (2001), p. 85.Monsalve 2001
Monsalve, Yasmin. "Arte Latinoamericano seduce a Harvard." El Universal (Caracas), March 18, 2001.MacAdam 2010
MacAdam, Alfred. "Driven to Abstraction." ARTnews (March 2010).Cotter 2010b
Cotter, Holland. "History Lesson in Abstraction, Cutting Across the Americas." The New York Times, February 19, 2010, ill. C1.Record last updated October 21, 2015. 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. "Locomotora con casa constructiva, 1934 (1934.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1412 (accessed on September 16, 2025).