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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1937
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
Galería René Metras, Barcelona
Genart Gallery, Zurich
Galerie Artina, Paris, France
Private collection, São Paulo
Exhibitions
1951 Comisión Municipal de Cultura
Comisión Municipal de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición J. Torres-García, August 1951, no. 127.
1975 Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
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).
1986 Kouros Gallery
Kouros Gallery, New York, Torres-García and his Legacy, November 25–December 31, 1986, no. 29, ill., on cover.
1991 Kouros Gallery
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 1999b
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).