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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On wood panel
Year: 1929
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
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo (1582)
Provenance
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
Exhibitions
1929 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Expositions Selectes d'Art Contemporain (ESAC), 1929, no. 35.
1929 Galeries Dalmau
Galeries Dalmau, Barcelona, Spain, Exposició d'Art Modern Nacional i Estranger, October 31–November 15, 1929, no. 93, ill.
1936b Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes
Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, Montevideo, Uruguay, 4a Exposición de pintura de J. Torres-García, October 18–November 2, 1936.
1969 Palacio Legislativo
Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Muestra de Arte Americano [Arte Prehispanico - Arte Colonial - Arte Moderno], October 1969, no. 19, as Pintura constructiva.
1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas
Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 67, ill., as Pintura constructiva.
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
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.
1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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.
1992 Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 61, ill., p. 116.
1992 Royal Museum of Fine Arts
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.
1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 321.
1993 Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 147.
1993 Museum of Modern Art
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).
2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
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).
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 78.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 181, ill., p. 198.
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. 69. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
2024 Joaquín Torres-García. El descubrimiento de sí mismo
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 1929
Gasch, Sebastiá. "La inaugural de las galerías Dalmau." La Gaseta Literaria (Barcelona) (November 1929), ill.
Benet 1929b
R.B. [Rafael Benet]. "Exposició d'Art Modern Nacional i Estranger (Galeries Dalmau)." Gaseta de les arts (Barcelona), no. 13 (December 1929), ill.
La Veu de Catalunya 1929b
"Vida artistica." La Veu de Catalunya (Barcelona) (November 17, 1929), ill., as Composició.
Duncan 1970
Ducan, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres García." Americas Vol. 22, No. 11-12 (November-December 1970), ill. p. 14.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes 1987
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya. Buenos Aires, 1987. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 85, fig. 8.
Kalemberg 1990
Kalemberg, Angel. Arte Uruguayo y Otros. Montevideo: Ediciones Galería Latina, 1990, ill. p. 83.
Di Maggio 1992b
Di Maggio, Nelson. "Torres García y Van Doesburg en Amsterdam." La República (Montevideo), May 18, 1992, ill.
Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 348, no. 171.
Sartor 2003
Sartor, Mario. Arte latinoamericana contemporanea: dal 1825 ai giorni nostri. Milan: Jaca Book, 2003, no. 192, ill., as Pintura constructiva.
Bastos Kern 2004
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 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 171, no. 5.73.
Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. p. 44.
Fló 2011
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 2024
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).