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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1943.78 (estate: 31)
Arte universal
Alternate title: Abstraction
1943
Oil on canvas
41 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (106 x 75 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: JTG 43
Provenance
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres García, April 3–22, 1950. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, June 19–July 2, 1950.
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 52.
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 7.
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 31. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 6, ill.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 27, ill. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, L'Art et l'ecriture, May 3–June 10, 1963. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany, June 14–August 4, 1963.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, ill., p. 86, fig. 6.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 98, ill., p. 143. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, America, Bride of the Sun: 500 Years, Latin America and The Low Countries, February 1–May 31, 1992, c, ill., p. 424, as Arte universal.
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. 48, ill., p. 146.
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García, Óleos, Maderas y Dibujos, July 28–December 15, 2004, no. 8, ill., p. 35.
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Centenario del MNAV, December 19, 2011–April 8, 2012, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 185. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Atchugarry, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García. El descubrimiento de sí mismo, 2024, ill., p. 144.
Published References
Adlow, Dorothy. "Artist Who Sought a Universal Picture Language." Christian Science Monitor, April 22, 1950, ill.
da Silva, Quirino. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia." Diario de Sao Paulo, October 18, 1959, ill.
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 31.
Fonseca, Gonzalo. "Torres-Garcia's symbols within squares." Art News vol. 50 (March 1960), ill. p. 30.
Suro, Darío. "Torres García." ¡Ahora! (Santo Domingo) año III, no. 67 (July 20, 1964), ill. p. 52.
"Remataron Cuadro de Torres Garcia en 36,500 Dolares; Lo Adquirio el Estado." El País (Montevideo), September 2, 1982, ill.
"36.500 dolares por un óleo de Joaquín Torres García." La Mañana (Montevideo), September 2, 1982, ill.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 64, no. 43.
Kalemberg, Angel. Arte Uruguayo y Otros. Montevideo: Ediciones Galería Latina, 1990, ill. p. 80.
"Joaquín Torres-García: propagandista de la modernidad." Madrid en Cinco Estrellas (1991), ill. p. 33.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 201.
"Montevideo, Museo Nacional." Grandes Museos del Mundo Series. El País (Montevideo), c. 1993, ill. p. 27.
Sullivan, Edward, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996, ill. p. 267, fig. 259.
Edited by Jane Turner. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 31. New York: Grove Dictionaries, 1996, ill. p. 184.
Battegazzore, Miguel A. J. Torres-García: La trama y los signos. Montevideo: Gordon, 1999, ill. p. 142, no. 147.
Jane Turner. Grove Encyclopedias of the Arts of the Americas: The Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. New York: Grove Dictionaries, 1999, ill. p. 655, as Arte universal.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 305, no. 8.5
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. on cover and cover page.
Fló, Juan. "Torres García." In Geometrales 2009/2010: obras de la colección del MNAV, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Montevideo, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 36.
Tomasini, Daniel. "Torres García. Hombre mirando hacia el sur." Dossier (Montevideo, Uruguay) No. 107 (November-December, 2024), ill. p. 39, as Arte universal.
Record last updated May 9, 2025. 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. "Arte universal, 1943 (1943.78)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1943 (accessed on July 7, 2025).