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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1931
1931.48 (estate: 845)
Construcción universal
Alternate titles: Composición TSF; Construction in Space
1931
Oil on canvas
36 x 21 1/2 in. (91.5 x 54.6 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Private collection
Exhibitions
1960a Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960.
1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.
1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 22, ill., p. 55, as Composición TSF. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.
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. 125. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Preston 1960
Preston, Stuart. "New York." Burlington Magazine vol. 102, no. 685 (April 1960), ill.
Ashton 1960a
Ashton, Dore. "Art: Uruguayan Prophet." New York Times, March 1, 1960, ill.
Comentario 1968
"Joaquín Torres-García." Comentario (Montevideo) año XIV, no. 2 (1968), ill. p. 10.
Record last updated March 27, 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. "Construcción universal, 1931 (1931.48)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1071 (accessed on April 19, 2024).