Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1943.02 (estate: 85)
Barco constructivo
Alternate title: El vapor America
1943
Oil on board
23 1/2 x 28 in. (60 x 71 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated upper center: 1943
Upper right: AMERICA
Exhibitions
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art, August 4–October 31, 1968.
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 21, ill.
Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island, The First America: Selections from the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art, 1986–87, no. 4, ill., p. 22 and cover. Traveled to: Americas Society / Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, January 13–April 5, 1987; El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, June 7–July 31, 1987; Boston University Art Gallery, Massachusetts, September 11–October 25, 1987; Gainesville University Gallery / University of Florida, Florida, November 13–December 20, 1987.
Published References
Lavagna, John. "Joaquín Torres García. Una visión del artista y de su obra." El Colegio (Montevideo), no. 7 (August 1945), ill.
Fló, Juan. "El Centenario Joaquín Torres-García, un destino americano." Crisis (Buenos Aires) año 2, no. 16 (August 1974), ill. p. 68.
Argul. Proceso de las artes plasticas del Uruguay: desde la epoca indígena al momento contemporáneo. Montevideo: Barreiro y Ramos, 1975, ill. p. 50, as El vapor America.
Record last updated January 7, 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. "Barco constructivo, 1943 (1943.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1869 (accessed on July 8, 2025).