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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
1943.77 (estate: 152)
Rio Negro
Alternate title: Arte Constructivo
1943
Oil on cardboard
20 x 28 in. (51 x 71 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: JTG 43
Private collection, São Paulo
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Galeria Der Brucke, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Christie's New York, November 20, 1990, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 35, ill. p. 65.
Private collection, Caracas
Christie's New York, May 15, 1996, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot 54, ill. p. 105.
Private collection, Barcelona
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 16, 2010, Latin American Art, lot 22, ill. p. 46-47.
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Caracas
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 2013, Latin American Art, lot 37, ill. p. 82-83.
Private collection, São Paulo
Exhibitions
1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 105. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1974 Galería Dau al Set
Galería Dau al Set, Barcelona, Spain, Torres García (1874-1949): Exposición Homenaje Centenario de su Nacimiento, February 1974, no. 21, ill.Published References
Laroche 1955b
Laroche, W.E. "Apuntes para un ensayo sobre la evolución pictórica de Torres García." El Plata (Montevideo), September 4, 1955, ill.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 243, no. 358.Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana 1981
"Uruguay." In Enciclopedia Italiana Di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1981, ill. tav. CCXLIV.Montealegre 1984
Montealegre, Samuel. "Alcuni Il Regno dell'universale Costruttivo, Joaquín Torres García." Terzoocchio (Bologna) anno XII, no. 4 (33) (Diciembre 1984), ill. p. 51.Castedo 1988
Castedo, Leopoldo. Historia del arte iberoamericano. Vol. 2. Santiago, Chile: Alianza, 1988, ill. no. 367.
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. "Rio Negro, 1943 (1943.77)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1942 (accessed on July 7, 2025).