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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
1936.01 (estate: 1235)
Composición
Alternate title: Composición constructiva
1936
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38.1 cm)
Signed middle left: JTG; Dated center: 36
Written in ink on the original stretcher (now lost): "A Angélica Lussich, recuerdo de J. Torres-García, Agosto 28 de 1940"
Wax and relined in New York.
Angélica Lussich was the director of Amigos del Arte, an exhibition hall where Torres-García showed his work for the first time after arriving back to Montevideo in May 1934, and for the last time in his life in July 1949.
Provenance
Angélica Lussich, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Manolita, Olimpia, Ifigenia, Cecilia de Torres
Eugenia Cucalón Gallery, New York
Lee Ault and Company, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 18, 1979, lot 655.
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, Madrid
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 29, 1997, Latin American Art, lot 52, ill. p. 91.
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
Exhibitions
1985 Art Curial
Art Curial, centre d'art plastique contemporain, Paris, Les noce catalanes, May–June 1985, no. 188.1999–2000 Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya
Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, De l'impressionisme a l'avantguarda a la Collecció Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, November 1999–February 2000, ill., p. 196. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, April 14–June 25, 2000 (no. 53, ill. p. 172.).2000 IVAM
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Del post-impresionismo a las vanguardias. Pintura de comienzos del siglo XX en la Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2000, no. 55, ill., p. 176.2011 Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Málaga, Spain, La tradición moderna en la Colección Carmen Thyssen. Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Miró, 2011, ill., p. 130, lám. p. 131.2012–2013 CaixaForum
CaixaForum, Gerona, Spain, Rusiñol, Monet, Gauguin, Sunyer. El paisaje en la Colección Carmen Thyssen, 2012–13, no. 58, ill., p. 176, lám. p. 177. Traveled to: CaixaForum, Tarragona, Spain, 2013; CaixaForum, Lérida, Spain.Published References
Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza 2004
Arnaldo, Javier, ed. Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza. 2 vols. Madrid: Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2004, vol. 2, ill. p. 310, lám. p. 311.Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya 2004
Guía Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, 2004, ill. p. 305.Record last updated July 30, 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. "Composición, 1936 (1936.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1442 (accessed on July 5, 2025).