Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1946.02 (estate: 736)
Tres figuras constructivas
Alternate title: Tres figuras
1946
Oil on cardboard
12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (31 x 31 cm)
Dated lower right: 46
The image reproduced on the cover of the catalogue for the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo's exhibition held in Madrid in 1973 is not this work, Tres figuras constructivas, 1946, but rather, a copy of this painting that was not made by the hand of Joaquín Torres-García.
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 94, ill., p. 87.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 87, ill., p. 111.
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, A Vanguarda no Uruguai: Barradas e Torres-García, May 30–June 21, 1996, no. 76, ill., p. 99. Traveled to: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, August 1–30, 1996.
Published References
Gaya Nuño, Juan Antonio. "Introducción a Torres García." Blanco y Negro (Madrid) (May 12, 1973), ill.
Vernazza, Eduardo. "Los 99 años de J.Torres García: Exposición en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid." El Día, July 29, 1973, ill.
Vernazza, Eduardo. "J. Torres-García: su biblioteca." El Día (Montevideo), July 29, 1973, ill.
Sureda, Joan. Catalunya genio a genio: del siglo XI al siglo XXI. Barcelona: El Mundo de Cataluña, ill. p. 183, as Tres figuras.
Record last updated May 1, 2020. 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. "Tres figuras constructivas, 1946 (1946.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2022 (accessed on May 5, 2025).