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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
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1932.11 (estate: 886)
Composición constructiva
1932
Oil on canvas
28 13/16 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: J.T.G 32
Signed and inscribed with artist's Paris address on verso: "J. Torres-GARCIA / 3, rue Marcel Sembat / Paris 18e"
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Private collection
Private collection, New York
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Galeria Jorge Mara, Madrid
Winterthur Kunstmuseum, Switzerland
Exhibitions
1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 2, ill.1977 Sidney Janis Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 13, ill. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).1981 Museo de Monterrey
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres –García, April–June 1981. (Museo de Monterrey 1981), no. 6.1992 Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Antagonistic Link: Joaquín Torres-García/Theo van Doesburg, 1992, no. 91, ill., p. 155.1992b Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Torres-García, Summer 1992, no. 19, ill., p. 27.1993a Galería Sur
Galería Sur, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Joaquín Torres-García Construcciones en Madera y Óleos, Summer 1993, no. 15, ill., p. 33.1994 XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil, Joaquín Torres-García, October 12–December 10, 1994, no. 18, ill., p. 51.2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 172. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 244, ill., p. 258.2006 Bundner Kunstmuseum
Bundner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Andreas Walser - Gaudenz Signorell: Ein Dialog, February 3–March 26, 2006, no. 25, ill.2007 Winterthur Kunstmuseum
Winterthur Kunstmuseum, Switzerland, Bluhendes: Ein Blick auf die Sammlung, August 28–November 18, 2007.2009 Kunst-und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik
Kunst-und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany, Gipfeltreffen der Moderne: Das Kunstmuseum Winterthur [Capolavori della modernita: Opere dalla collezione del Kunstmuseum Winterthur], April 24–August 23, 2009, no. 144, ill. Traveled to: Museo di Arte Moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, September 19, 2009–January 10, 2010; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria, February 27–May 30, 2010.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 135. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 161.Di Maggio 1992a
Di Maggio, Nelson. "En Punta del Este: Rafael Barradas y Joaquin Torres Garcia." La República, January 13, 1992, detail ill. p. 26.Benedetti 1996
Benedetti, Mario. Andamios. Buenos Aires: Seix Barral, 1996, ill. front cover.Domínguez 1996
Domínguez, Carlos María. "Una tribuna de andamios." Búsqueda (Montevideo), November 7, 1996, ill. p. 57.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 221, no. 6.64.Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 72.Carbajal 2011
Miguel Carbajal. Arte uruguayo de los maestros a nuestros días: Joaquín Torres-García. Montevideo: El País, 2011, ill. on title page.Schwarz 2011
Schwarz, Dieter. Kunstmuseum Winterthur Katalog der Gemalde und Skulpturen. Vol. 3. Edited by Astrid Naff. Switzerland: Richter, 2011, ill. p. 287.Record last updated October 20, 2015. 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. "Composición constructiva, 1932 (1932.11)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1121 (accessed on April 19, 2025).