Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1945.21 (estate: 830)
Estructura universal con tres arcos
1945
Oil on cardboard
18 7/8 x 27 3/16 in. (48 x 69 cm) Artist's estate provided dimensions as 60 x 70 cm
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 45
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Adolfo M. Maslach, Caracas
Exhibitions
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 67, ill. did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 49, ill., p. 147.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Venezuela, La Colección de Adolfo Maslach -Visión de una Poética Constructiva, May–August 1997, no. 41, ill., p. 30.
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999.
Published References
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 594, no. LXI.
Battegazzore, Miguel A. J. Torres-García: La trama y los signos. Montevideo: Gordon, 1999, ill. p. 239, no. 248.
Record last updated April 8, 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. "Estructura universal con tres arcos, 1945 (1945.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2017 (accessed on May 1, 2025).