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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
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
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Exhibitions
1950 Sidney Janis Gallery
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, 1950.1951 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art, Austin, Texas, Conference on Fine Arts in Latin America, June 1–15, 1951.1956 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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, 1957.1976 Mexican Museum
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Día de la raza, October 7–November 15, 1976.1981–82 Newport Harbor Museum
Newport Harbor Museum, California, California Collects: Important Works from the Permanent Collection, December 17, 1981–February 14, 1982.1995–2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, From Matisse to Diebenkorn: Selections fromthe Collection of Painting and Sculpture, January 18, 1995–August 10, 2001.2000–01 Americas Society
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, 2002.2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matisse and Beyond, June 12–August 10, 2001.2003–04 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matisse and Beyond, September 11, 2003–September 16, 2004.2006–07 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Matisse and Beyond, August 24, 2006–January 24, 2007.2011–13 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Selected Histories: 20th Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection, February 25, 2011–March 13, 2013.2013–14 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, California, Matisse and Beyond, November 13, 2013–March 16, 2014.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
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
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1985
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 September 10, 2025).