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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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Keywords
- Construction
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1931.65
Constructivist Composition
Alternate title: Constructive Composition in Planes and Figures (Composición constructiva en planos y figuras)
1931
Oil on canvas
23 x 18 in. (58.5 x 46 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Colección Pérez Simón, Mexico
Provenance
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Private collection, Caracas
Private collection, Miami
Christie's New York, May 26, 2010, Latin American Art, lot 40, ill. p. 85.
Private collection, Mexico
Private collection
Colección Pérez Simón, Mexico
Exhibitions
1974 Art Museum of the Americas
Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., Art of the Americas in Washington Private Collections: Tribute to the Arts of the Americas, March 15–April 7, 1974.1988 Art Museum of the Americas
Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., Different Voices: Artists from Uruguay in Washington Collections, November 4–December 3, 1988, no. 30.2015 Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Superposiciones: Artelatinoamericano en colecciones mexicanas, May 23–April 10, 2015, ill., p. 189.2017–18 San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection, October 21, 2017–March 11, 2018, no. 45, ill., p. 103, as Constructive Composition in Planes and Figures (Composición constructiva en planos y figuras).Published References
Velásquez Martínez del Campo 2017–2018
Velásquez Martínez del Campo, Roxana. Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection. San Diego: The San Diego Museum of Art, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, as Constructive Composition in Planes and Figures (Composición constructiva en planos y figuras).Record last updated November 16, 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. "Constructivist Composition, 1931 (1931.65)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1088 (accessed on April 21, 2025).