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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1931
1931.72 (estate: 421)
Grafisme primitif constructif
1931
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (80 x 60 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 31
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Museo Torres Garcia
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Exhibitions
1965 Amigos del Arte
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Arte Constructivo: Joaquín Torres-García, October 25, 1965, no. 8.
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. 67*, ill., p. 94 (Spanish version p. 104), Listed as number 28 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.
1990a Museo Torres García
Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Acervo de la Fundación, 1990, no. 24, ill., p. 32.
Published References
Schaefer 1945
Schaefer, Claude. Torres-García. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1945, ill. no. 34.
Flo 1961
Fló, Juan José. "Joaquín Torres García." Revista de la Universidad de México vol. XV, no. 12 (August 1961), ill. p. 22.
Brughetti 1974
Brughetti, Romualdo. "Joaquín Torres-García, un clasico americano del siglo XX." La Nación (Buenos Aires), July 28, 1974, ill.
Torroella 1975
Torroella, Santos. "Con Mondrian al Fondo." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. p. 68.
Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 149.
Record last updated June 28, 2016. 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. "Grafisme primitif constructif, 1931 (1931.72)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1095 (accessed on April 20, 2025).