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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
1932.31 (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
Estate of the artist
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection, Venezuela
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 29, 1984, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, lot 85.
Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions
1950 Sidney Janis Gallery
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.
1990 Galerie Marwan Hoss
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hommage a Torres-García: Oeuvres de 1928 à 1948, May 30–July 20, 1990, ill., p. 51.
1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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.
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. 193. 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. 245, ill., p. 259.
Published References
Schaefer 1945
Schaefer, Claude. Torres-García. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1945, ill. no. 35.
Breuning 1950
Breuning, Margaret. "Torres-García's New Schemes for Old Symbols." The Art Digest (April 1950), ill.
Payró 1950
Payró, Julio. Pintura Moderna. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1950, ill. p. 180, no. 91.
Preston 1950
Preston, Stuart. "By Group and Singly: Last Century's Austrians -Tanguy and Others." The New York Times, April 9, 1950, ill. p. 10.
El Plata 1950d
"De la exposición Torres García , en Nueva York." El Plata (Montevideo), May 7, 1950, ill.
Lisboa 1953
Lisboa, Maria Julia O. "Una de las últimas conferencias de J. Torres García." Pachamac (Buenos Aires) (November 1953), ill.
Cassou 1955
Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 2.
Organización de los Estados Americanos, Unión Panamericana 1956
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 1959a
Benvenuto, Sergio. "Joaquín Torres-García El Pintor." Artes (Montevideo) año 1, no. 2 (August 1959), ill. p. 8.
Sylver 1960
Sylver, Harry. "Working Blueprint for Friendship." The New York Times, February 21, 1960, ill.
Damasz 1963
Damasz, Paul and Oscar Niemeyer. Art in Latin American Architecture. New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1963, ill. p. 58.
Spanudis 1964
Spanudis, Theon. "A significação americana e mundial de Torrès Garcia." Habitat (Sao Paolo) (September-October 1964), ill. p. 91.
Conde 1975
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 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 118, no. 89.
Piguet 1990a
Piguet, Philippe. "La Vie des Arts." L'Oeil, no. 419 (June 1990), ill. Dated 1938 and materials as crayon.
Julber-Vera 1991
Julber-Vera, Myriam. "Torres-García: Plein Sud." MusêArt (Paris), no. 13 (September 1991), ill. p. 27.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 1991
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 2001
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 20, 2025).