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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
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Private collection, Paris
Galería René Metras, Barcelona
Adolfo M. Maslach, Caracas
Estate of Adolfo M. Maslach
Exhibitions
1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.1975 Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
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).1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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. 147.1997 Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas
Museo de Bellas Artes, Venezuela, La Colección de Adolfo Maslach -Visión de una Poética Constructiva, May–August 1997, no. 41, ill., p. 30.1999 Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, Joaquín Torres-García: armonías y resonancias, April–June 1999.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 256, no. 372.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 594, no. LXI.Battegazzore 1999
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 2, 2025).