Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1943.112 (estate: 874)
Constructivo 7ª sinfonia Shostakovich
1943
Oil on cardboard
23 1/4 x 33 in. (59 x 86 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 1943
The Russian composer Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 in 1941. The composition, titled "Leningrad" was created in the first year of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. The first movement was dedicated to the memory of the heroes who sacrificed their lives so that justice and reason might triumph.
In the image reproduced in the Pereda reference listed below, the hammer and sickle, the red star, and the words "Leningrad" and "U.R.S.S." do not appear. The artist's family temporarily covered these details with gouache during the military dictatorship in Uruguay.
In the image reproduced in the Pereda reference listed below, the hammer and sickle, the red star, and the words "Leningrad" and "U.R.S.S." do not appear. The artist's family temporarily covered these details with gouache during the military dictatorship in Uruguay.
Provenance
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Museo nacional de bellas artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic, Joaquín Torres-García. Ensayo y convicción, November 2024–March 2025, ill., p. 43.
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 209.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 315, no. 8.18.
Record last updated May 23, 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 7ª sinfonia Shostakovich, 1943 (1943.112)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1976 (accessed on July 12, 2025).