Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1938.13 (estate: 579)
Arte universal
Alternate title: Untitled
1938
Gouache on cardboard mounted on wood
32 x 17 1/8 in. (81.3 x 43.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 38
Signed lower left: AAÇ
Provenance
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres García, April 3–22, 1950. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, June 19–July 2, 1950.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 4, ill.
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 20. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 4, ill.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Paintings from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, May 18–July 21, 1968, ill., p. 47.
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Contemporary Art Acquisitions 1966-1969, June 17–September 1, 1969, no. 110, ill., p. 28.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 109 obras de Albright-Knox Art Gallery, October 23–November 30, 1969, no. 29, ill., p. 40.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 42, ill., p. 75, as Untitled. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 93, ill., p. 79 and 122. 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.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 43, ill., p. 143.
Katonah Museum of Art, New York, Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place, October 17, 1999–January 2, 2000.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 1.
Albright-Knox Art. Gallery Notes (Buffalo) vol. 31 (October 1967), ill. p. 20, 22.
Montes, Jose Luis. "Joaquín Torres García: Maestro del Arte Universal." El Tiempo, December 11, 1970, ill. Dated 1931.
Nash, Stephen A. and Katy Kilne, Charlotta Kotik, and Emese Wood. Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Paintings and Sculpture from Antiquity to 1942. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. in association with the Albright Knox Art Gallery, 1979, ill. p. 458—459.
Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bulletin-Elvehjem Museum of Art (1983), ill. p. 20, fig. 7.
Jane Turner. Grove Encyclopedias of the Arts of the Americas: The Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. New York: Grove Dictionaries, 1999, plate XXXIX, illustrated sideways, as Arte universal.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente. De Picasso a Bacon: Arte Contemporaneo en las Colecciones del Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Segovia, 1999. Exhibition catalogue.
Record last updated April 4, 2023. 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. "Arte universal, 1938 (1938.13)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1518 (accessed on July 13, 2025).