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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
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Private collection
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Private collection, Brazil
Exhibitions
1974 The University of Texas at Austin
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 1975.1987 Fundación Torres-García
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987, no. 27, ill., p. 32.1990b Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Retrospectiva de pinturas 1906-1949, con piezas aún no expuestas del acervo, reunidas en homenaje a Manolita, 1990, no. 36.2006 Oriol Galería d'Art
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 1988
Haber, Alicia. "Torres García Antes y Después." ARTINF, no. 68/69 (Autumn 1988), ill. p. 38.Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 206-207.Gradowczyk 2007
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 10, 2025).