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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
1935.17 (estate: 396)
Constructivo en blanco y negro
1935
Oil on cardboard on wood
30 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (77.8 x 62.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J.TG; dated lower right: 35
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Private collection, Ohio
Private collection, New York
Barbara Duncan, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 24, 2005, Latin American Art, lot 20, ill. p. 45 and back cover.
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 16. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1960a Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 7, ill.1960b Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Modern Masters, November–December 1960, ill.Published References
de Cáceres 1957a
de Cáceres, Esther. "Torres García contra la voragine materialista de la época." El País (Montevideo), October 27, 1957, ill.da Silva 1959
da Silva, Quirino. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia." Diario de Sao Paulo, October 18, 1959, ill.de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 25.Jornal do Brasil 1959
"as américas na V bienal." Jornal do Brasil, October 11 and 12, 1959, ill.Argul 1966b
Argul, Jose Pedro. "Joaquín Torres-García y su arte constructivo." Revista Diners (Montevideo) (December 1966), ill.Argul c. 1965
Argul, Jose Pedro. Joaquín Torres García. "Arte de las Americas.." Montevideo: Mosca, c. 1965, ill. on cover.Record last updated February 16, 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. "Constructivo en blanco y negro, 1935 (1935.17)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1434 (accessed on July 1, 2025).