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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Keywords
- Construction
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1930.91 (estate: 349)
Peinture constructive
1930
Oil on canvas
18 3/8 x 21 3/4 in. (46.7 x 55.2 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres GARCIA; dated upper right: 30
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 12, 1983, 18th, 19th and 20th Century Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, lot 29, ill.
Royal S. Marks, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 7, ill.
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris
Christie's New York, May 22, 2012, Latin American Sale, lot 8, ill. p. 25.
Exhibitions
1974 Knoedler Contemporary Art
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949), February 9–March 2, 1974.1977 Sidney Janis Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 6. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).1981 Galería Rubbers
Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires, Emilio Pettoruti 1892/1971 - Joaquín Torres-García 1874/1949 / Dos maestros de la Pintura Contemporánea, May–June 1981. (Galería Rubbers 1981), no. 2.1990 Galerie Marwan Hoss
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 46.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 170, no. 227.Hoss and Piguet 1990
Hoss, Marwan and Philippe Piguet. Galerie Marwan Hoss. Paris: Galerie Marwan Hoss, 1990, ill.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. on cover.Record last updated April 5, 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. "Peinture constructive, 1930 (1930.91)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=952 (accessed on August 21, 2025).