Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1944.13 (estate: 889)
Constructivo en cinco colores
Alternate title: Constructivo en cinco colores - Boceto Saint Bois
1944
Oil on cardboard
18 5/8 x 34 1/4 in. (47.4 x 87 cm)
Signed left center: J.T.G; dated center: 44
Private collection, Brazil
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection, Brazil
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. 94*, p. 111 (Spanish version p. 121), as Constructivo en cinco colores - Boceto Saint Bois, Listed as number 44 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.
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 27, ill., p. 32.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 36.
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: 30 pinturas de 1919 a 1949: New York-Paris-Madrid-Montevideo, June 22–September 22, 2006, no. 26, ill., p. 71.
Published References
Haber, Alicia. "Torres García Antes y Después." ARTINF, no. 68/69 (Autumn 1988), ill. p. 38.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 206-207.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 319, no. 8.22.
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. "Constructivo en cinco colores, 1944 (1944.13)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1802 (accessed on July 9, 2025).