Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1937.25 (estate: 573)
Hombre y animal constructivo
Alternate titles: Composition; Hombre y perro (Homme et chien)
1937
Tempera on cardboard
31 1/2 x 40 in. (81 x 101.5 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 37
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960, no. 15.
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings 1928-1945, January 9–February 10, 1962, no. 5, ill.
Royal Marks Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings, 1931 - 1946/Oceanic Art, March 29–April 26, 1969, no. 17, ill.
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 33, ill., p. 66. 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.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 19, ill. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Seis Maestros de la Pintura Uruguaya, September 15–October 15, 1987, no. 83, ill.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 335, as Hombre y perro (Homme et chien).
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, June 6–September 7, 1993, no. 220, ill., p. 359. Traveled to: Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Spain, August 11–October 12, 1992 (See separate entry); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 12–January 11, 1992 (See separate entry); Museum Ludwig,, Cologne, February 8–April 25, 1993 (See separate entry).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Barradas/Torres García, August–September 1995, no. 53, ill., p. 99.
Published References
Cassou, Jean. "Un apôtre; Torres-García." XXième Siécle (Paris), no. 13 (Noël 1959), ill., as Composition, Dated 1946.
Fonseca, Gonzalo. "Torres-Garcia's symbols within squares." Art News vol. 50 (March 1960), ill. p. 31.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 66, no. 45.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 176.
Leffingwell, Edward. "Latin Soliloquies." Art in America (December 1993), ill. p. 77.
Peluffo Linari, Gabriel. Pintura Uruguaya: Breve Selección del Período 1840-1980. Buenos Aires: Capital AFAP, 1999, ill. p. 103.
Record last updated June 2, 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. "Hombre y animal constructivo, 1937 (1937.25)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1487 (accessed on April 9, 2025).