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Classification: Painting
Medium: Tempera
Support: On wood panel
Year: 1938
1938.24 (estate: 565)
Locomotora constructiva
1938
Tempera on wood panel
32 1/8 x 39 3/4 in. (81.5 x 101 cm)
Signed lower right: J.T.G.; dated lower left: 38
Signed upper left: AAÇ
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 24. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 14.
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 19.
Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: 1874-1949, Late Paintings, November 29, 1983–January 28, 1984, ill.
Published References
Estrazulas, Enrique. "La Verdad Esta Triste." La Semana de Bellas Artes: Nuevos Valores de la Literatura Uruguaya, no. 216 (January 20, 1982), ill. detail p. 12.
Reid, James W. Marvelous Reality: The Fascination of South America. Holland America, 2000, ill. 154.
Reid, James W. Pre-Columbian Peruvian Textiles: The First Modern Art. Industria Textil Piura, 2008, ill. on cover.
Onieva, Sonia. Artistes catalans al món. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 2009, ill. p. 52.
Record last updated March 20, 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. "Locomotora constructiva, 1938 (1938.24)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1527 (accessed on July 15, 2025).