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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
1938.12 (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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
André Emmerich, New York
Meredith Long & Company, Houston
Royal S. Marks, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 12, ill.
Private collection
Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Prints, May 18 and 19, 1993, lot 41, ills.
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Exhibitions
1971 André Emmerich Gallery
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 18 works by Joaquín Torres-García, September 18–October 6, 1971.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 42.1977 Sidney Janis Gallery
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).1980 Meredith Long Contemporary
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 1980.1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 12.1990 Galerie Marwan Hoss
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 58.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 212, no. 296.Galeano 1982
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 1990b
Piguet, Philippe. "Torres-García: le temps fondateur." Le Quotidien de Paris, June 7, 1990, ill.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 287, no. 7.52.Dorfman 2014
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 14, 2025).