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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1931
1931.66 (estate: 880)
Constructivo
1931
Oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (78 x 68 cm)
Signed lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Ifigenia Torres, the artist's daughter and the owner of this painting, called this canvas "La Pascua Rusa (The Russian Easter)". This name referenced Rimsky Korsakov's symphony, "The Russian Easter Festival Overture (Op. 36)" of 1888, that features the tolling of a bell.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, New York
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Exhibitions
1958 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, February 1958, no. 11.
1987–88 Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Le siècle de Picasso, October 1987–January 1988, no. 53, ill., p.107. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, January 29–March 13, 1988.
Published References
Bozal 1992
Bozal, Valeriano. Pinturas y esculturas Españolas del siglo XX (1900-1939). Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte. Vol. XXXVI. Madrid: Espasa Calipe, 1992, ill. p. 533.
Record last updated March 24, 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. "Constructivo, 1931 (1931.66)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1089 (accessed on April 21, 2025).