Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1938.22
Pintura constructiva No. 6
Alternate title: Pintura Constructiva No. 6 (Constructive Painting No 6)
1938
Oil on cardboard
30 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (77 x 47 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: JTG 38
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, New York
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.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, European Masters, January 2–February 1, 1975.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 27, ill. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, ill., p. 87. no. 104. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.
Ortuzar Projects, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Toys, January 27–March 12, 2022, as Pintura Constructiva No. 6 (Constructive Painting No 6).
Published References
Boletín de Música y Artes Visuales (Montevideo), no. 67–68 (September-October 1955).
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 291, no. 7.57.
Record last updated March 24, 2022. 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 constructiva No. 6, 1938 (1938.22)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1531 (accessed on July 14, 2025).