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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:
1931.16 (estate: 351)
Peinture constructive
1931
Oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. (74.9 x 54.9 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 31
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Christie's New York, May 28, 1997, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 17, ill. p. 47.
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Sotheby's, London, June 21, 2016, Impressionist and Modern Art.
Private collection
Exhibitions
1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 68*, ill., p. 95 (Spanish version p. 105), Listed as number 29 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.1977 Galería Palatina
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres García, August–October 1977, no. 2, ill.1987 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 79, ill.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. 75, ill., p. 117. 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. 92, ill., p. 155.1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 17, ill., p. 46.2007 The Blanton Museum of Art
The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collections, February 20–April 22, 2007. Traveled to: Gray Art Gallery, New York University, New York, September 12–December 8, 2007.2011 Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes
Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, ¿Qué es el arte moderno para ti?, February 17–May 15, 2011.2011 Ibere Camargo Foundation
Ibere Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Joaquín Torres García: geometría, criação, proporção, September 10–November 20, 2011, ill., p. 135. Traveled to: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012.2013 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, La invención concreta: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, January 22–September 16, 2013, ill., p. 158.2014 Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, July 5–September 28, 2014, no. 2, ill., p. 75.Published References
Clarín 1977
"Guía de Exposiciones." Clarín (Buenos Aires) (September 8, 1977), ill.Conrad de Behar 1977
Conrad de Behar, Thelia. "New Renaissance blooms." Buenos Aires Herald, September 8, 1977, ill.Galli 1977
Galli, Aldo. "Panorama Semanal de Artes Plásticas." La Prensa (Buenos Aires), August 27, 1977, ill.Brughetti 1978
Brughetti, Romualdo. "Joaquín Torres-García: El hombre en el artista." Artes Plásticas (Buenos Aires), no. 18 (October 1978), ill. p. 46.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 350, no. 185.Garcia 2007
Garcia, Fernando. "Mario Gradowczyk sobre Torres García: 'Torres quería ser Picasso.'" El País (Montevideo), September 21, 2007, ill.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 182, no 6.9Sanchez Vidal 2012
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 56.Greet 2018
Michelle Greet. Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris Between the Wars. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 166, ill. p. 179.Record last updated April 12, 2018. 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, 1931 (1931.16)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1039 (accessed on April 24, 2024).