Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.33
La cave
Alternate titles: Composició; Pintura constructiva
1929
Oil on wood panel
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 29
Provenance
Exhibitions
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Expositions Selectes d'Art Contemporain (ESAC), 1929, no. 35.
Galeries Dalmau, Barcelona, Spain, Exposició d'Art Modern Nacional i Estranger, October 31–November 15, 1929, no. 93, ill.
Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, Montevideo, Uruguay, 4a Exposición de pintura de J. Torres-García, October 18–November 2, 1936.
Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Muestra de Arte Americano [Arte Prehispanico - Arte Colonial - Arte Moderno], October 1969, no. 19, as Pintura constructiva.
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 67, ill., as Pintura constructiva.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 20, ill., p. 30. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 46, ill., p. 86, as Pintura constructiva. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 61, ill., p. 116.
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, America, Bride of the Sun: 500 Years, Latin America and The Low Countries, February 1–May 31, 1992, b, ill., p. 423.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 321.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 147.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 211, ill., p. 352. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 68. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 78.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 181, ill., p. 198.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 69. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Atchugarry, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García. El descubrimiento de sí mismo, 2024, ill., p. 117.
Published References
Gasch, Sebastiá. "La inaugural de las galerías Dalmau." La Gaseta Literaria (Barcelona) (November 1929), ill.
R.B. [Rafael Benet]. "Exposició d'Art Modern Nacional i Estranger (Galeries Dalmau)." Gaseta de les arts (Barcelona), no. 13 (December 1929), ill.
"Vida artistica." La Veu de Catalunya (Barcelona) (November 17, 1929), ill., as Composició.
Ducan, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres García." Americas Vol. 22, No. 11-12 (November-December 1970), ill. p. 14.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya. Buenos Aires, 1987. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 85, fig. 8.
Kalemberg, Angel. Arte Uruguayo y Otros. Montevideo: Ediciones Galería Latina, 1990, ill. p. 83.
Di Maggio, Nelson. "Torres García y Van Doesburg en Amsterdam." La República (Montevideo), May 18, 1992, ill.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 348, no. 171.
Sartor, Mario. Arte latinoamericana contemporanea: dal 1825 ai giorni nostri. Milan: Jaca Book, 2003, no. 192, ill., as Pintura constructiva.
Bastos Kern, Maria Lucía. "O mito da cidade moderna e a arte: Torres-García e Xul Solar." Estudos Ibero-Americanos: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil) vol. XXX, no. 2 (December 2004), ill. p. 78, as Pintura constructiva.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 171, no. 5.73.
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 44.
Fló, Juan. "Torres García." In Geometrales 2009/2010: obras de la colección del MNAV, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Montevideo, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 31.
Tomasini, Daniel. "Torres García. Hombre mirando hacia el sur." Dossier (Montevideo, Uruguay) No. 107 (November-December, 2024), ill. p. 38, as Pintura constructiva.
Record last updated May 9, 2025. 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. "La cave, 1929 (1929.33)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=915 (accessed on June 22, 2025).