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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1943
1943.104 (estate: 700)
Constructivo en cinco tonos con hombre universal en rojo
1943
Oil on cardboard
21 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (54.6 x 46.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: JTG 43
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
Santiago, Chile, Exposición 55 del Taller Torres García, 1951.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1955.
Pan American Union, District of Columbia, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April 19–May 5, 1961, no. 6, ill., on cover. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, July 13–August 15, 1961; Wells College, Macmillan Hall, Aurora, New York, October 15–November 15, 1961.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 28, ill. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 46.
MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Atchugarry, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García. El descubrimiento de sí mismo, 2024, ill., p. 179.
Published References
Chase, Gilbert. Contemporary Art in Latin America: Painting, Graphic Art, Sculpture, Architecture. New York: The Free Press, 1970, plate 16, ill.
Record last updated May 9, 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. "Constructivo en cinco tonos con hombre universal en rojo, 1943 (1943.104)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1969 (accessed on July 14, 2025).