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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
1937.03 (estate: 562)
Relieve constructivo en blanco y negro
1937
Tempera on cardboard
39 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (101 x 80.5 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 37
Signed upper right: AAÇ
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private collection, Menlo Park, California
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 28, 1985, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 33, ill.
Exhibitions
1971 André Emmerich Gallery
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 18 works by Joaquín Torres-García, September 18–October 6, 1971, ill.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 40.1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 89, ill., p. 104. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1977 Sidney Janis Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 18, ill. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).Published References
Grieder 1972
Grieder, Terence. "Torres García: Father of Pop Art." Austin American Statesman, Janaury 2, 1972, ill.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 202, no. 283.Separata 1984
"El regreso de Joaquín Torres García." Separata (Montevideo) (November 30, 1984), ill. p. 1.Record last updated February 25, 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. "Relieve constructivo en blanco y negro, 1937 (1937.03)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1465 (accessed on September 16, 2025).