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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1932.31 (estate: 872)
Arte universal
1932
Oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (54 x 46 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 32
Private collection, Paris
Provenance
Private collection, Venezuela
Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres García, April 3–22, 1950, ill., on cover. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, June 19–July 2, 1950.
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 51.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 80, ill., on cover and p. 122. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 193. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 245, ill., p. 259.
Published References
Breuning, Margaret. "Torres-García's New Schemes for Old Symbols." The Art Digest (April 1950), ill.
Preston, Stuart. "By Group and Singly: Last Century's Austrians -Tanguy and Others." The New York Times, April 9, 1950, ill. p. 10.
"De la exposición Torres García , en Nueva York." El Plata (Montevideo), May 7, 1950, ill.
Lisboa, Maria Julia O. "Una de las últimas conferencias de J. Torres García." Pachamac (Buenos Aires) (November 1953), ill.
Organización de los Estados Americanos, Unión Panamericana, Washington D.C. Boletín de Música y Artes Visuales, no. 71-72-73 (January-March 1956), ill.
Benvenuto, Sergio. "Joaquín Torres-García El Pintor." Artes (Montevideo) año 1, no. 2 (August 1959), ill. p. 8.
Sylver, Harry. "Working Blueprint for Friendship." The New York Times, February 21, 1960, ill.
Damasz, Paul and Oscar Niemeyer. Art in Latin American Architecture. New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1963, ill. p. 58.
Spanudis, Theon. "A significação americana e mundial de Torrès Garcia." Habitat (Sao Paolo) (September-October 1964), ill. p. 91.
Conde, Manuel. "Significación de Torres-García en el Arte Actual." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 65.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 118, no. 89.
Piguet, Philippe. "La Vie des Arts." L'Oeil, no. 419 (June 1990), ill. Dated 1938 and materials as crayon.
Julber-Vera, Myriam. "Torres-García: Plein Sud." MusêArt (Paris), no. 13 (September 1991), ill. p. 27.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. La escuela del sur: el Taller Torres-Garcia y su legado. Madrid, 1991. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 25.
de Torres, Cecilia. "Pilgrimage to the sources of Amerindian art." In Abstraction: the Amerinidian Paradigm. Brussels: Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 251, fig. 5.
Record last updated May 15, 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. "Arte universal, 1932 (1932.31)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1141 (accessed on April 19, 2025).