Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1949.12 (estate: 335)
Dos figuras constructivas con objeto
1949
Oil on canvas
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (50 x 50 cm)
Signed lower left; Dated lower right: 49
Private collection, São Paulo
Provenance
Exhibitions
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 104*, ill., p. 78 (Spanish version p. 86), Illustrated and listed as number 50 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Fundación Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1987.
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 172 and 173. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: De Paris a Montevideo, November 4–December 5, 2008, ill., p. 69.
Published References
Duncan, Barbara. "Latin American Catalyst." The Art Gallery Magazine (November 1974), ill. p. 18.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 216.
Colección Diario El País:" Historia del Uruguay en Imágenes". Fascículo 27, La cultura del medio siglo. Montevideo: Impresora Sudamericana, 1996, ill. p. 319.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 332, no. 8.40.
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 58.
Record last updated June 28, 2016. 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. "Dos figuras constructivas con objeto, 1949 (1949.12)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2114 (accessed on May 20, 2026).