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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: 1932
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
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (Gift of Ernesto Leborgne) (AM 1986-376)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Ernesto Leborgne, Montevideo, Uruguay
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Exhibitions
1933 Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, Barcelona, Spain, L'obra pictòrica de Joaquín Torres-García, May 24–June 11, 1933.
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. 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.
1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 325.
1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 9, ill.
1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 12, ill.
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. 196 and on cover. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
2002–03 Museo Colecciones ICO
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 197 and cover.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 226, ill., p. 243.
2008–09 Fundção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea
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.
2013–15 Musée national d'arte moderne
Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970, October 23, 2013–January 26, 2015.
2024 Art Explora
Le MuMo (Musée Mobile) x Centre Pompidou, itinerant exhibition, France, Êtres Vivants, February 5–May 18, 2024, as Constructif avec boussole.
Published References
Bayon 1975
Bayon, Damian. "Reflexiones en torno a Torres-García." Plural (Mexico) (February 1975), ill. p. 62.
Quaresma 1996
Quaresma, Julio. "Arte." Caras (Lisbon), June 8, 1996, ill.
Soares de Oliveira 1996
Soares de Oliveira, Luisa. "Arte total J. Torres-García na Fundaçao Arpad Szènes." Público Lisbon, May 12, 1996, ill.
Vidal Folch 2002
Vidal Folch, Ignacio. "Arte en negro." El País (Montevideo), October 19, 2002, ill.
Puig Menetrier 2006
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.
Banco de Seguros del Estado 2009
Almanaque 2009. Montevideo: Banco de Seguros del Estado, 2009, ill. p. 27.
Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 73.
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 18, 2025).