Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1938.12 (estate: 594)
Construction with White Line (Contrucción con línea blanca)
1938
Tempera on cardboard
33 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. (85.1 x 53.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 38
Signed lower left: AAÇ
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibitions
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 18 works by Joaquín Torres-García, September 18–October 6, 1971.
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 42.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 26, ill. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, Joaquín Torres-García Paintings: 1929- 1943, March 12–29, 1980. (Meredith Long Contemporary 1980), no. 8, ill. Traveled to: Meredith Long & Contemporary, Houston, May 1980.
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 12.
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 58.
Published References
Galeano, Eduardo. La Muchacha del Tajo en el Mentón. La Semana de Bellas Artes: Nuevos Valores de la Literatura Uruguaya, no. 216 (January 20, 1982), ill. p. 9.
Piguet, Philippe. "Torres-García: le temps fondateur." Le Quotidien de Paris, June 7, 1990, ill.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 287, no. 7.52.
Dorfman, John. "Latin American Original." Art & Antiques XXXVII (November 2014), ill. p. 86.
Record last updated April 16, 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. "Construction with White Line (Contrucción con línea blanca), 1938 (1938.12)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1528 (accessed on July 13, 2025).