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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
1943.97 (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
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Galería René Metras, Barcelona
Royal S. Marks, New York
Christie's New York, November 25, 1986, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, lot 74, ill. p. 93.
Private collection, Miami
Christie's New York, May 1, 1990, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, lot 19, ill. p. 45.
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Paris
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 26, 2004, Latin American Sale, lot 17, ill. p. 43.
Katoennatie HeadquARTers, Antwerp
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 45.1960a Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 2, ill.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
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, 1962.1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.1975 Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
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).1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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, 1991.1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 17, ill.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 23, ill.1997 Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica
Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica, La escuela del sur, January 16–March 23, 1997, ill., on cover.2002 Galerie Ileana Bouboulis
Galerie Ileana Bouboulis, Paris, El Taller Torres García, October–November 2002.2003 Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Homage Geometria Sensível - 25 Years Later, Spring 2003, no. 6.2015 Katoen Natie
Katoen Natie, Antwerp, Belgium, Kunst uit Latijns-Amerika: modern en hedendaags, 2015, ill., p. 309.Published References
Podestá 1946
Podestá, José María. J. Torres-García. Monografias de Arte. Serie Americana 3. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1946, ill. XXII.Cassou 1959
Cassou, Jean. "Un apôtre; Torres-García." XXième Siécle (Paris), no. 13 (Noël 1959), ill., as Composition.Maillard 1975
Edited by Robert Maillard. Dictionaire Universel de la Peinture. Tome 6. SNL, Dictionnaires Robert, 1975, ill. p. 297.Garcia Iglesias 1996
Garcia Iglesias, Jose Manuel. "Geometría Torres-García." ABC de las Artes (September 6, 1996), ill. p. 29.Peluffo 1996
Peluffo, Gabriel. "Torres García in Montevideo." Art Nexus vol. 22 (Oct/Dec 1996), ill. p. 72, Dated 1938.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 578, no. 371.Chudet 2002
Chudet, Daniel. "Cote Arts." Magazine des Arts et des Antiquités, no. 21 (September 15 - November 15, 2002), ill.Harambourg 2002
Harambourg, Lydia. "Taller Torres-Garcia." La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot (November 29, 2002), ill. no. 43.L'Art Aujourd'hui 2002
ill.Maisons côte Sud 2002
"Paris: Echos d'Atelier." Maisons côte Sud, October/November 2002, ill.Mexican Muralism: A Critical History 2012
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).