Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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Keywords
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1943.03 (estate: 522)
Composición constructiva de estructura coloreada
Alternate title: Composición constructiva
1943
Oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 41 5/8 in. (86 x 105.7 cm)
Signed and dated left center: JTG 43
Dated 28 Julio 1943
Signed upper left: AAÇ
Inscribed with the artist's address across the top: Abayubá 2781
Signed upper left: AAÇ
Inscribed with the artist's address across the top: Abayubá 2781
This work was created on the artist's 69th birthday.
Provenance
Exhibitions
Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987, July 28–September 13, 1987, ill., p. 81. Traveled to: The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, October 10–December 6, 1987; Center for Art, Miami, January 15–March 4, 1988; Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, March 25–May 2, 1988.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 44, ill., p. 143.
CDS Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García, May 10–June 24, 1995.
CDS Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings, Constructions, Drawings from 1920-1943, October 17–November 29, 1997.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Kunstwelten im Dialog, von Gaugin zur globalen Gegenwart, November 5, 1999–March 19, 2000, no. 172, ill., p. 225, cat. 431.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings in Houston Collections, September 6–November 29, 2009.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection, June 20–September 2, 2013, ill., p. 81, plate 19; detail p .79, fig 1.
Published References
Gutierrez, Fernando. "Torres García, en Dau al Set." La Vanguardia Española (Barcelona), March 2, 1974, ill.
Mujica, Barbara. "Los Hitos del Modernismo." Américas vol. 44, no. 2 (1992), ill. p 32-33.
Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 283.
Battegazzore, Miguel A. J. Torres-García: La trama y los signos. Montevideo: Gordon, 1999, ill. p. 182, no. 184.
Rosso, Michela. "Joaquín Torres-García y David Alfaro Siqueiros: una historia de encuentros y desencuentros." Materia 5 (Barcelona) (2005), ill. p. 142, as Composición constructiva.
Record last updated November 17, 2021. 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. "Composición constructiva de estructura coloreada, 1943 (1943.03)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1870 (accessed on July 9, 2025).