Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1943.102
Pintura constructiva
Alternate title: Composition
1943
Oil on cardboard
16 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (42 x 54 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: JTG 43
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Guillermo de Torre, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 30, ill., plate 15.
Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García: Obras de museos y colecciones particulares de Montevideo y Buenos Aires, November 4–29, 1964, no. 58, as Composition.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 108, ill., p. 153. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Published References
de Torre, Guillermo. "Torres-García y su Constructivismo." Minorías y masas en la cultura y el arte contemporáneo. Buenos Aires: EDASA, 1963, ill, no. 10, p. 351.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 139 and on cover, no. 110.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 310, no 8.12.
Record last updated April 3, 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. "Pintura constructiva, 1943 (1943.102)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1967 (accessed on July 14, 2025).