Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1937.22
Constructivo
1937
Oil on cardboard
19 3/4 x 30 1/4 in. (50 x 77 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated center: 1937
Private collection, São Paulo
Provenance
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, São Paulo
Exhibitions
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 127.
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 43, did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
Kouros Gallery, New York, Torres-García and his Legacy, November 25–December 31, 1986, no. 29, ill., on cover.
Kouros Gallery, New York, Circle and Square: Geometric Abstraction and Constructivism in the Americas 1934-1950, November 7–December 14, 1991, ill., p. 7.
Published References
Peluffo Linari, Gabriel. "Representaciones de la Modernidad (1930-1960)." Historia de la Pintura Uruguaya. Vol. 2. Montevideo: Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1999, ill. p. 77, no. 187.
Record last updated May 31, 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. "Constructivo, 1937 (1937.22)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1484 (accessed on April 19, 2025).