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1937.13 (estate: 554)
Tres figuras constructivas primitivas
1937
Tempera on cardboard
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Signed lower left: J.T.G; dated lower right: 37
The figures in this work are inspired by Bronze Age decorated stelae found in Extremadura, Spain. Torres-García would have seen these objects in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Madrid.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres
Augusto Torres
Estate of Augusto Torres
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1964 Instituto Torcuato Di Tella
Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García: Obras de museos y colecciones particulares de Montevideo y Buenos Aires, November 4–29, 1964, no. 4, ill.1967 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 11.1981 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981), no. 15, ill.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 99, ill., p. 81. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.1991 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, El Taller Torres-García-The School of the South and Its Legacy, September–December 1991, no. 17, ill., p. 99. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, June–August 1991; Museo de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, January–April 1992; The Bronx Museum, New York, September 1992–January 10, 1993; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, February–May 1993.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 140-41. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 198, no. 270.Spiegel 1986
Spiegel, Olga. "El constructivismo universal del artista uruguayo Torres García se exhibe en la fundación Miró." La Vanguardia (Barcelona), March 14, 1986, ill.Cotter 1992
Cotter, Holland. "Founding inspiration of Latin Modernism." The New York Times, December 4, 1992, ill. p. B8 and C20.SobreTodo 1992
"Torres García, un lenguaje artístico latinoamericano." SobreTodo (Chile) año II, no. 47 (November 20, 1992), ill.El Nacional 1993
El Nacional (Mexico), February 27, 1993, ill.Peralta Agüero 1993
Peralta Agüero, Abil. "Crónica de NY." Correo del Arte Hispano (Madrid), no. 6 (1993), ill.Zimmer 1993
Zimmer, William. "Echoes of Paris in a Montevideo School." The New York Times, January 3, 1993, ill.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 63.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 283, no. 7.46.Fundación Caixa Girona 2008
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28, fig. 9.Caixa Cultural 2010
Torres-García, Traços de Nova York. Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Caixa Cultural), ill. p. 30.Record last updated March 12, 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. "Tres figuras constructivas primitivas, 1937 (1937.13)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1475 (accessed on June 20, 2025).