Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1948.18 (estate: 799)
Proyecto constructivo para suelo
c.1948
Oil on cardboard
13 13/16 x 9 11/16 in. (35 x 24.5 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
This is a design for the floor of the entry hall in the artist's home in Montevideo, which he built in 1948.
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Exhibitions
Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: De Paris a Montevideo, November 4–December 5, 2008, ill., p. 71.
Fundación Antonio Saura Casa Zavala, Cuenca, Spain, Universalismo Constructivo, October 2, 2009–January 10, 2010, ill., p. 60. Traveled to: Museo Torres García, Montevideo, 2013.
Published References
Ellena, Emilio. "El último juguete de Torres-García: la casa de calle Caramuru en Montevideo." Unknown 10 (1997).
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) Centre Julio Gonzales,. Aladdin Toys, Los juguetes de Torres-García. Valencia: 1998. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 75.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 333, no. 8.43.
Record last updated April 13, 2015. 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. "Proyecto constructivo para suelo, c.1948 (1948.18)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2116 (accessed on May 19, 2026).