Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1932.21
Composición constructiva
Alternate title: Composition
1932
Oil on canvas
32 x 25 3/4 in. (81.5 x 65 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA 32
Provenance
Exhibitions
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gentse Verzamelingen, Ghent, Belgium, L'Art Francais dans les Collections Belges, 1953, ill.
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands, De grote Belgische Verzamelingen: Urvater, June 29–September 2, 1957, ill., fig. 114.
Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, Paintings from the Urvater Collection, September 13–October 4, 1958, no. 85. Traveled to: City of York Art Gallery, United Kingdom, October 11–November 1, 1958; Tate Gallery, London, November 12–December 14, 1958.
Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideu 1874- 1949), September–October 1979, ill., p 46. Traveled to: Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, November–December 1979.
CDS Gallery, New York, Masterpieces of Latin American Art, November 20, 1996–January 31, 1997.
Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, The 1997 Art Show, February 20–24, 1997.
CDS Gallery, New York, Art of This Century, March 1–April 30, 1997.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Colefax Gallery, Santa Barbara, Recent Acquisition, January 23–October 29, 1998.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, Modernism in the Americas: A Dialogue Among the International Avant-Gardes, February 12–May 21, 2000.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, From Azaceta to Zuniga: 20th Century Latin American Art, November 5–December 31, 2000.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Latin American Modernism: Highlights from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, January 5–May 31, 2001.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Siqueiros Plus! Great Works from the Latin American Collection, July 20, 2002–March 2, 2003.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Arts of the Americas: Latin America and the United States, 1800 to Now!, February 12–May 14, 2004.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Picture Stories: Art of Europe and the Americas, September 10, 2005–June 4, 2006.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Myth and Materiality: Latin American Art from the Permanent Collection, February 16–May 26, 2013.
Published References
"Santa Barbara Museum Celebrates Grand Opening; Acquires Major Rodin Sculpture and Torres-Garcia Painting." Gallery Guide (February 1998), ill. p. 35.
"Santa Barbara Museum of Art Opens New Wing." Gallery Guide (April 1998), ill. p. 129.
Kemp, Martin, ed. The Oxford History of Western Art. London: Oxford University Press, 2000, ill. p. 476, no. 678.
"From Azaceta to Zuniga: 20th Century Latin American Art." The View: News for Members of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (November/December 2000).
Record last updated November 3, 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. "Composición constructiva, 1932 (1932.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1131 (accessed on May 18, 2024).