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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1943
1943.91 (estate: 778)
Constructivo a cinco tonos con azul claro
1943
Oil on cardboard
16 11/16 x 23 3/16 in. (42.5 x 59 cm)
Signed left center: JTG; dated lower right: AÑO 1943
Provenance
Adolfo M. Maslach, Caracas
Estate of Adolfo M. Maslach
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 37. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).
Museo de Bellas Artes, Venezuela, La Colección de Adolfo Maslach -Visión de una Poética Constructiva, May–August 1997, no. 37.
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999.
Published References
Burr, James. "Close to Nothing." Apollo (London) (April 1978), ill. fig. 4.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 590, no. LVII.
Record last updated May 8, 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 a cinco tonos con azul claro, 1943 (1943.91)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1956 (accessed on July 13, 2025).