Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1944.04 (estate: 687)
Constructivo de cinco tonos con sol naciente
Alternate title: Constructivo con pez y flecha
1944
Oil on cardboard
19 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. (50 x 80 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated upper center: 28 julio 1944
This work was created on the artist's 70th birthday.
Exhibitions
Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: 1874-1949, Late Paintings, November 29, 1983–January 28, 1984, ill.
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 4 Artistas Sur Americanos: Torres García, Figari, Barradas, Cuneo, Summer 1987, no. 1, ill., p. 9, as Constructivo con pez y flecha.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 112, ill., p. 157. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Published References
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 318, no. 8.18.
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 55.
Record last updated May 5, 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. "Constructivo de cinco tonos con sol naciente, 1944 (1944.04)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1793 (accessed on July 14, 2025).