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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 27, 1998, Latin American Art, lot 21, ill. p. 43.
Private collection, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1951 Exposición 55 del Taller Torres García
Santiago, Chile, Exposición 55 del Taller Torres García, 1951.1955 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1955.1961 Pan American Union
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, 1961.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 28, ill. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1971–72 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, The University Art Museum, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1, 1971–January 16, 1972, no. 46.2024 Joaquín Torres-García. El descubrimiento de sí mismo
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 1970
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).