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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
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Nancy Sayles Day
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Exhibitions
1968 Storm King Art Center
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art, August 4–October 31, 1968.1969 Royal Marks Gallery
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 21, ill.1986–87 Rhode Island School of Design
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 1945
Lavagna, John. "Joaquín Torres García. Una visión del artista y de su obra." El Colegio (Montevideo), no. 7 (August 1945), ill.Schaefer 1945
Schaefer, Claude. Torres-García. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1945, ill.Fló 1974
Fló, Juan. "El Centenario Joaquín Torres-García, un destino americano." Crisis (Buenos Aires) año 2, no. 16 (August 1974), ill. p. 68.Argul 1975
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 9, 2025).