Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1943.97 (estate: 693)
Infinito a cinco tonos con figuras universales
Alternate titles: Arte Constructivo; Composition
1943
Oil on canvas
20 x 26 3/4 in. (51 x 68 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated lower left: 1943
Provenance
Private collection, Miami
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 45.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 2, ill.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962. (Only exhibited at Baden-Baden). Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 64, did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 109, ill., p. 154. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 17, ill.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 23, ill.
Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica, La escuela del sur, January 16–March 23, 1997, ill., on cover.
Galerie Ileana Bouboulis, Paris, El Taller Torres García, October–November 2002.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Homage Geometria Sensível - 25 Years Later, Spring 2003, no. 6.
Katoen Natie, Antwerp, Belgium, Kunst uit Latijns-Amerika: modern en hedendaags, 2015, ill., p. 309.
Published References
Podestá, José María. J. Torres-García. Monografias de Arte. Serie Americana 3. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1946, ill. XXII.
Cassou, Jean. "Un apôtre; Torres-García." XXième Siécle (Paris), no. 13 (Noël 1959), ill., as Composition.
Edited by Robert Maillard. Dictionaire Universel de la Peinture. Tome 6. SNL, Dictionnaires Robert, 1975, ill. p. 297.
Garcia Iglesias, Jose Manuel. "Geometría Torres-García." ABC de las Artes (September 6, 1996), ill. p. 29.
Peluffo, Gabriel. "Torres García in Montevideo." Art Nexus vol. 22 (Oct/Dec 1996), ill. p. 72, Dated 1938.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 578, no. 371.
Chudet, Daniel. "Cote Arts." Magazine des Arts et des Antiquités, no. 21 (September 15 - November 15, 2002), ill.
Harambourg, Lydia. "Taller Torres-Garcia." La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot (November 29, 2002), ill. no. 43.
Gabriel Peluffo Linari. Mexican Muralism: A Critical History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012, fig. 10.2, ill. p. 198, as Arte Constructivo.
Record last updated July 21, 2023. 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. "Infinito a cinco tonos con figuras universales, 1943 (1943.97)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1962 (accessed on September 10, 2025).