Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1946.10 (estate: 597)
Constructivo con formal de animal
Alternate title: Energía atómica
1946
Oil on cardboard
20 7/8 x 29 11/16 in. (53 x 75.5 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated middle right: 1946
Also dated center left: "1945" and inscribed lower center: "Energía atómica"
Provenance
Private collection, Madrid
Private collection, Valencia
Private collection
Exhibitions
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Works by Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, April 14–30, 1977, no. 597, ill. Traveled to: Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, November 12–December 1, 1977.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 20.
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 20.
Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: 1874-1949, Late Paintings, November 29, 1983–January 28, 1984, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 189, as Energía atómica. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Cortina, Leonor. "Joaquín Torres-García, apóstol de la pintura hispanoamericana." El Sol de México, March 22, 1980, ill. p. 4.
Lyon, Christopher. "Artful Volumes." Bookforum 22, Issue 5 (February/March 2016), ill. p. 27.
Record last updated April 11, 2019. 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 con formal de animal, 1946 (1946.10)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2030 (accessed on April 26, 2025).