Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1942.46 (estate: 887)
Puerto constructivo con hombre grande
c.1942
Oil on cardboard
31 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (80 x 101 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; undated
Exhibitions
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 91*, Listed as number 41 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 32.
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, CIUDAD - Torres García, October 1991, no. 17, ill.
Published References
Haedo, Oscar F. "Un Pintor Constructivista: Joaquín Torres García." Correo Literario (June 15, 1944), ill. p. 5.
Fundación Torres García. Acervo de la Fundación. Montevideo, 1987. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 29.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 198.
Record last updated June 29, 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. "Puerto constructivo con hombre grande, c.1942 (1942.46)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1786 (accessed on July 4, 2025).