Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1938.30
Pintura constructivista No. 8
1938
Gouache on cardboard
31 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. (79.5 x 49.5 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated lower left: 38
Signed lower left: AAÇ
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.
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art, Austin, Texas, Conference on Fine Arts in Latin America, June 1–15, 1951.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Latin American Circuit, 1956. Traveled to: University of British Columbia, Canada, November 2–22, 1956; Edmonton, Canada, November 29, 1956–January 2, 1957; Reg College, Canada, January 21–February 11, 1957; Saskatoon, Canada, February 14–March 4, 1957; Calgary, Canada, March 15–April 4, 1957; Victoria, Canada, April 30–May 19, 1957.
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Día de la raza, October 7–November 15, 1976.
Newport Harbor Museum, California, California Collects: Important Works from the Permanent Collection, December 17, 1981–February 14, 1982.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, From Matisse to Diebenkorn: Selections fromthe Collection of Painting and Sculpture, January 18, 1995–August 10, 2001.
Americas Society, New York, Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires - Montevideo 1933-1953, September 2000–January 2001, ill., p. 104, plate 14. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, January 17, 2001–April 7, 2002.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matisse and Beyond, June 12–August 10, 2001.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matisse and Beyond, September 11, 2003–September 16, 2004.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matisse and Beyond, August 24, 2006–January 24, 2007.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Selected Histories: 20th Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection, February 25, 2011–March 13, 2013.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, California, Matisse and Beyond, November 13, 2013–March 16, 2014.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 156. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
The Painting and Sculpture Collection. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985, ill. p. 85.
Record last updated June 23, 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. "Pintura constructivista No. 8, 1938 (1938.30)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1525 (accessed on July 17, 2025).