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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
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
Estate of the artist
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, New York
Christie's New York, November 28, 1984, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 78, ill. p. 83.
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1987 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 94, ill., p. 87.1995 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 87, ill., p. 111.1996 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
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 1973
Gaya Nuño, Juan Antonio. "Introducción a Torres García." Blanco y Negro (Madrid) (May 12, 1973), ill.Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. no. 370, p. 255.Vernazza 1973a
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 1973b
Vernazza, Eduardo. "J. Torres-García: su biblioteca." El Día (Montevideo), July 29, 1973, ill.Sureda 1995
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).