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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
1932.36 (estate: 545)
Constructif à l’ancre centrale
Alternate titles: Composition Number 548; Constructive Composition
1932
Oil on cardboard
41 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (105.4 x 77.4 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
Nancy Sayles Day
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Exhibitions
1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965, ill. Dated 1935.1966 Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, The Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art, October 23–December 24, 1966, no. 2, ill.1968 The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art
The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Art of Ancient and Modern Latin America, May 10–June 16, 1968, no. 325, ill.1968 Storm King Art Center
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art, August 4–October 31, 1968.1969 Royal Marks Gallery
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 7, ill.1970 The National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 27, ill., p. 60. 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, 1971.1986–87 Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island, The First America: Selections from the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art, 1986–87, no. 2, ill., p. 20. Traveled to: Americas Society / Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, January 13–April 5, 1987; El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, June 7–July 31, 1987; Boston University Art Gallery, Massachusetts, September 11–October 25, 1987; Gainesville University Gallery / University of Florida, Florida, November 13–December 20, 1987.1988–89 Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, The Latin American Spirit: Arts and Artist in the United States 1920-1970, September 29, 1988–January 29, 1989, no. 75, ill., on cover and p. 114. Traveled to: El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, February 27–April 23, 1989; San Diego Museum of Art, California, May 22–July 16, 1989; Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 14–October 8, 1989; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, January 28–March 4, 1990.1992 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers: Diego Rivera; Joaquín Torres-García; Wifredo Lam; Matta, June 11–September 7, 1992, no. 38, ill., p. 138.2015–2016 Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 130. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.Published References
Ashton 1985
Ashton, Dore. Twentieth-Century Artists on Art. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985, ill. p. 106, as Constructive Composition.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 354, no. 205.Scott 1999
Scott, John F. Latin American Art Ancient to Modern. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999, ill. p. 212.Americas Society 2000
Americas Society. A hemispheric venture: thirty-five years of culture at the Americas Society, 1965-2000. New York, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 107.Landau and Cernuschi 2007
Landau, Ellen G., Claude Cernuschi. Pollock Matters. Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, Fig. 3, ill. p. 76, as Composition Number 548.Record last updated October 19, 2021. 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 à l’ancre centrale, 1932 (1932.36)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1146 (accessed on April 20, 2025).