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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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- Construction:
1931.33 (estate: 892)
Construcción en blanco
1931
Oil on linen
69 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. (175.3 x 89.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Signed and inscribed on verso: J. Torres-García, No. 1 T
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Alice M. Kaplan Collection, New York
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 2019, Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, lot 43, ill. pp. 311, 313 (detail), 314.
Private collection
Exhibitions
1961 Pan American Union
Pan American Union, District of Columbia, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April 19–May 5, 1961. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, July 13–August 15, 1961; Wells College, Macmillan Hall, Aurora, New York, October 15–November 15, 1961.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 6. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 72, ill., p. 114. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 29, ill., p. 131.1995a Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 6.1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 3, ill.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 5.2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 146.2004 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America, June 20–September 12, 2004, ill., p. 35.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 122. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Bantel 1980
Bantel, Linda. The Alice M. Kaplan Collection. Jamestown, RI: Brandywine Press, Inc., 1980, ill. p. 200-201, no. 94.El Correo de la UNESCO 1984
ill. p. 4.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 44, no. 27.Arte y Parte 1996
"XXIV Bienal de Pontevedra." Arte y Parte, no. 4 (August-September 1996), ill.Fundación ICO 2002
Fundación ICO. Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido. Madrid, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 185.Musée d'art moderne et contemporain 2002
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain. Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit. Strasbourg, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 181.Lowry 2008
Lowry, Vicky. "Blank Canvas." Elle Decor, no. 149 (September 2008), ill. p. 188.Documentary Materials
Record last updated July 22, 2021. 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. "Construcción en blanco, 1931 (1931.33)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1056 (accessed on April 18, 2024).