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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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1935.19 (estate: 953)
Construcción
1935
Oil and nails on wood
16 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (42.9 x 19.7 x 6.7 cm)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Royal S. Marks, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 23, 1992, Nineteen Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 3, ill. on cover.
Private collection, Paris
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Spain
Exhibitions
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, no. 180*, Listed as number 69 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. 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 1975.1986 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Qu'est-ce que la Sculpture Moderne?, July–October 1986, no. 99, ill., p. 88.1994 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Abstracción y Montaje 1916-1945: la colección del IVAM, July–October 1994, ill., p. 32.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 31, ill.1999 Museo Ramón Gaya
Museo Ramón Gaya, Murcia, Joaquín Torres-García: Óleos, dibujos, esculturas y juguetes, March 1–May 12, 1999, ill.2008–09 Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea
Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Spain, A Intuição e a Estrutura/La Intuición y la Estructura: De Torres-García a Vieira da Silva 1929-1949, December 4, 2008–January 25, 2009, ill., p. 6. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, February 24–April 19, 2009.2009a IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, La estructura en la coleccion del IVAM, February 5–May 3, 2009, ill., p. 69.2009–10 The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, Houston, Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood, September 25, 2009–January 3, 2010. (Ramírez 2009); (The Menil Collection 2010), no. 87, ill., p. 29 and on cover. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 20–May 3, 2010.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 195, no. 264.Salvat 1990
El arte del Siglo XX 1900-1949. Barcelona: Salvat, 1990, ill. p. 537.Wisotzki 1992
Wisotzki, Ruben. "El arte latinoamericano vuelve a someterse al martillo." El Diario de Caracas, November 19, 1992.Garcia Iglesias 1996
Garcia Iglesias, Jose Manuel. "Geometría Torres-García." ABC de las Artes (September 6, 1996), ill. p. 29.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 81.Record last updated June 29, 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. "Construcción, 1935 (1935.19)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1439 (accessed on July 2, 2025).