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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
1932.33 (estate: 55)
Pez constructivo
1932
Oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (32 x 54.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 32
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Private collection, Columbus, Ohio
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Exhibitions
1935a Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes
Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, Montevideo, 3a. Exposición arte constructiva, July 1935.1936 Salón des Surindependants
Salón des Surindependants, Paris, 1936. Traveled to: Amigos de Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 1938 (5a Exposición de la Asociación de Arte Constructiva).1957 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July–October 1957, no. 16, Dated 1942.1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 14. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1961 Pan American Union
Pan American Union, District of Columbia, Joaquín Torres-García of Uruguay, April 19–May 5, 1961, no. 13. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, July 13–August 15, 1961; Wells College, Macmillan Hall, Aurora, New York, October 15–November 15, 1961.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 9. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill.1968 J.B. Speed Art Museum
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, The Sirak Collection, October 22–December 1, 1968, ill.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 26, ill., p. 59. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.1973 University of Iowa Museum of Art
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Accessions 1971-1972, April 29–July 1, 1973, no. 40, ill.1975–76 University of Iowa Museum of Art
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Permanent Collection Show, October 1975–January 1976.Published References
Removedor 1950a
Removedor (Montevideo), no. 27 (December 1950), ill. p. 18.da Silva 1959
da Silva, Quirino. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia." Diario de Sao Paulo, October 18, 1959, ill.de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 13.El País 1963a
"Ante los Grandes Temas Nacionales: Museo de Arte Moderno." El País (Montevideo), September 8, 1963, ill. p. 2.Suro 1965
Suro, Darío. "El Universalismo Constructivo de Torres-García." Américas vol. 17, no. 5 (March 1965), ill. p. 26.Canaday 1970a
Canaday, John. "Art: An exhibition that Backfires." The New York Times, December 12, 1970, ill. p. 24.Holtz Kay 1973
Holtz Kay, Jane. "Torres-Garcia's alphabet - scripting the surreal." Christian Science Monitor, September 18, 1973, ill.Iowa City Press-Citizen 1973
"200 Art Works on Display." Iowa City Press-Citizen, April 25, 1973, ill.Record last updated July 27, 2016. 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. "Pez constructivo, 1932 (1932.33)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1143 (accessed on April 20, 2025).