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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1932.27 (estate: 365)
Constructif avec boussole
Alternate title: Constructivo con brújula
1932
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (65 x 54.5 cm)
Signed and dated upper left: JTG 32
Provenance
Ernesto Leborgne, Montevideo, Uruguay
Exhibitions
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, Spain, L'obra pictòrica de Joaquín Torres-García, May 24–June 11, 1933.
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. 69. 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.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 325.
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 9, ill.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 12, ill.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 196 and on cover. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 197 and cover.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 226, ill., p. 243.
Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Spain, A Intuição e a Estrutura/La Intuición y la Estructura: De Torres-García a Vieira da Silva 1929-1949, December 4, 2008–January 25, 2009, ill., p. 110. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, February 24–April 19, 2009.
Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970, October 23, 2013–January 26, 2015.
Le MuMo (Musée Mobile) x Centre Pompidou, itinerant exhibition, France, Êtres Vivants, February 5–May 18, 2024, as Constructif avec boussole.
Published References
Bayon, Damian. "Reflexiones en torno a Torres-García." Plural (Mexico) (February 1975), ill. p. 62.
Soares de Oliveira, Luisa. "Arte total J. Torres-García na Fundaçao Arpad Szènes." Público Lisbon, May 12, 1996, ill.
Puig Menetrier, Jacqueline. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia (1874-1949): du noucentisme a l'universalisme construit." Domitia (Perpignan, France), no, 7 (June 2006), ill. p. 12, as Constructivo con brújula.
Almanaque 2009. Montevideo: Banco de Seguros del Estado, 2009, ill. p. 27.
Record last updated February 27, 2024. 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. "Constructif avec boussole, 1932 (1932.27)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1137 (accessed on April 16, 2025).