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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
1946.10 (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
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Private collection, Madrid
Private collection, Valencia
Sotheby's, Paris, France, March 29, 2019, Art Impressionniste et Moderne, lot 427
Private collection
Exhibitions
1977 Meredith Long & Company
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, 1977.1980 Museo de Bellas Artes
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 20.1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 20.1983–84 Arnold Herstand & Company
Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: 1874-1949, Late Paintings, November 29, 1983–January 28, 1984, ill.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
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 1980
Cortina, Leonor. "Joaquín Torres-García, apóstol de la pintura hispanoamericana." El Sol de México, March 22, 1980, ill. p. 4.Lyon 20016
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 27, 2025).