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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: Cardboard
Year: 1932
1932.17 (estate: 51)
Arte constructivo
1932
Oil on cardboard
31 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (79 x 64 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J.T.G 32
Private collection, Switzerland
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Private collection
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 25, 1997, Constructivist Art from Latin America, lot 19, ill. p. 29 and on cover.
Private collection, Switzerland
Exhibitions
1975 Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 22, did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
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. 78, ill., p. 120. 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. 37, ill., p. 138.
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. 10, ill.
1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 13, ill.
Published References
Badrinas 1933
Badrinas, Antoni. "J. Torres-Garcia." Art (Barcelona) I, no, 3 (December 1933), ill.
de Torre 1933
de Torre, Guillermo. "Carta de Madrid." Gaceta de Arte (Tenerife) año 2, no. 21 (November 1933), ill. p. 2.
Unknown publication 1934i
"Saludo a Torres Garcia." Unknown publication (1934), ill.
Kimmelman 1992
Kimmelman, Michael. "Latin American Quartet." The New York Times, July 26, 1992, ill.
Gonçalves 1996
Gonçalves, Eurico. "J. Torres-García Constructivismo neo-primitivo." Diario de Noticias (Lisbon), May 30, 1996, ill.
Porfirio 1996
Porfirio, José Luis. "Entre o vivo e o abstracto." Expresso (Lisbon), May 25, 1996, ill.
Theran 1999
Theran, Susan. Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction. Newton, MA: Auction Index, Inc., 1999, ill. on cover.
Sánchez Seoane 2016
Loreto Sánchez Seoane. "Totalidad y concepto." El Mundo (Madrid), May 19, 2016, ill.
Record last updated June 22, 2017. 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. "Arte constructivo, 1932 (1932.17)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1127 (accessed on May 6, 2024).