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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1932.21
Composición constructiva
Alternate title: Composition
1932
Oil on canvas
32 x 25 3/4 in. (81.5 x 65 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: J. Torres-GARCIA 32
Provenance
Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris
M. Urvater, Brussels
Gallerie Ile de France, Paris, France
Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro
Window South Collection, Museum Program, Menlo Park, California
Galería Avril, Mexico City
CDS Gallery, New York
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
Exhibitions
1953 Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gentse Verzamelingen, Ghent, Belgium, L'Art Francais dans les Collections Belges, 1953, ill.1957 Kröller-Müller Museum
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands, De grote Belgische Verzamelingen: Urvater, June 29–September 2, 1957, ill., fig. 114.1958 Museum and Art Gallery
Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, Paintings from the Urvater Collection, September 13–October 4, 1958, no. 85. Traveled to: City of York Art Gallery, United Kingdom, October 11–November 1, 1958; Tate Gallery, London, November 12–December 14, 1958.1979 Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Museu de Arte São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideu 1874- 1949), September–October 1979, ill., p 46. Traveled to: Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, November–December 1979.1980 Window South
Window South, Menlo Park, California, January 1980, W.S.80.1.73.1994 Galería Arvil
Galería Arvil, Mexico City, October 1994, no. 21.1996–97 CDS Gallery
CDS Gallery, New York, Masterpieces of Latin American Art, November 20, 1996–January 31, 1997.1997 Seventh Regiment Armory
Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, The 1997 Art Show, February 20–24, 1997.1997a CDS Gallery
CDS Gallery, New York, Art of This Century, March 1–April 30, 1997.1998 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Colefax Gallery, Santa Barbara, Recent Acquisition, January 23–October 29, 1998.2000a Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, Modernism in the Americas: A Dialogue Among the International Avant-Gardes, February 12–May 21, 2000.2000b Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, From Azaceta to Zuniga: 20th Century Latin American Art, November 5–December 31, 2000.2001 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Latin American Modernism: Highlights from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, January 5–May 31, 2001.2002–03 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Siqueiros Plus! Great Works from the Latin American Collection, July 20, 2002–March 2, 2003.2004 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Arts of the Americas: Latin America and the United States, 1800 to Now!, February 12–May 14, 2004.2005–06 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Picture Stories: Art of Europe and the Americas, September 10, 2005–June 4, 2006.2013 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Myth and Materiality: Latin American Art from the Permanent Collection, February 16–May 26, 2013.Published References
Gallery Guide 1998a
"Santa Barbara Museum Celebrates Grand Opening; Acquires Major Rodin Sculpture and Torres-Garcia Painting." Gallery Guide (February 1998), ill. p. 35.Gallery Guide 1998b
"Santa Barbara Museum of Art Opens New Wing." Gallery Guide (April 1998), ill. p. 129.Kemp 2000
Kemp, Martin, ed. The Oxford History of Western Art. London: Oxford University Press, 2000, ill. p. 476, no. 678.The View 2000
"From Azaceta to Zuniga: 20th Century Latin American Art." The View: News for Members of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (November/December 2000).Record last updated November 3, 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 (1932.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1131 (accessed on April 18, 2025).