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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1943
1943.44 (estate: 763)
Constructivo con elemento de ferrocarril
1943
Oil on cardboard
21 x 25 1/2 in. (55 x 65 cm)
Signed and dated left center: JTG 43
Private collection, Houston
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Private collection
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, June 13, 1978, Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 54, ill.
Christie's New York, December 1981, lot 112, ill.
Christie's New York, May 15 and 16, 1991, Latin American Sale, lot 52, ill.
Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami
Private collection, Puerto Rico
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
Private collection, Houston
Exhibitions
1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 31. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965.
1979 Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideu 1874- 1949), September–October 1979, ill., p. 69. Traveled to: Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, November–December 1979.
Published References
Gutierrez and Gutierrez 2000
Gutierrez, Ramon and Rodrigo Gutierrez. Historia del Arte Iberoamericano. Spain: Lunwerg Editores, 2000, ill. p. 292.
Record last updated April 3, 2015. 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 con elemento de ferrocarril, 1943 (1943.44)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1909 (accessed on July 10, 2025).