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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Keywords
- Construction
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1943.111 (estate: 1239)
Constructivo piramidal
Alternate title: La pareja y su mundo
1943
Fresco
60 x 33 1/2 in. (152.5 x 85 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower center: 43
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Estate of Olimpia Torres
Sotheby's, New York, November 14, 2022, Modern Art Evening Auction, lot 146.
Private collection, Barcelona
Exhibitions
1969 Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Homenaje a Joaquin Torres-García en este aniversario 1949-1969, August 1969, no. 11.1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 114.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 142. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.2019 Centro Cultural La Moneda
Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile, Joaquín Torres-García. Obra Viva, April 12–July 28, 2019, ill., pp. 16-17 (detail), p. 153.Published References
Vernazza 1974
Vernazza, Eduardo. "Museo Nacional de Arte Plásticas: Exposición Homenaje Centenario de Joaquín Torres-García." El Día (Montevideo), 1974.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 68.Museum of Modern Art 2015
Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 204.Record last updated January 13, 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. "Constructivo piramidal, 1943 (1943.111)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1975 (accessed on July 13, 2025).