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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
1943.101 (estate: 155)
Pintura constructiva
1943
Oil on cardboard
20 7/8 x 29 1/8 in. (53 x 74 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: JTG 43
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galería René Metras, Barcelona
Subastas de Arte y Antiguedades, Barcelona, November 13 and 14, 1979.
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 14, 1996, Latin American Art, lot 38, ill.
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Christie's, New York, February 28, 2025, Tastemakers of the 20th Century: Latin American Art from an Important Private Collection, lot 13.
Exhibitions
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 29. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 109, ill., p. 116. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.1987 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 93, ill., p. 89.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 78.Published References
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 19. (Image printed backwards).El País 1963a
"Ante los Grandes Temas Nacionales: Museo de Arte Moderno." El País (Montevideo), September 8, 1963, ill. p. 6 (in reverse).Argul 1973
Argul, Jose Pedro. "La irrupción de Torres-García en su país." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) No. 301 (April 1973), ill. p. 39.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. no. 345, p. 232.Cabanas 1975
Cabanas, Juan. "El Pez de Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 46 and 54.La Vanguardia 1979
"Importantísima Subasta." La Vanguardia, November 4, 1979, ill.Record last updated March 6, 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. "Pintura constructiva, 1943 (1943.101)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1966 (accessed on July 14, 2025).