Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
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Keywords
- Construction:
1937.37 (estate: 50)
Composición universal
Alternate titles: Grafismo universal sobre fondo gris; Universal Composition (Universal Art)
1937
Oil on cardboard
42 x 33 1/2 in. (106.5 x 85 cm)
Signed lower left: J.T.G.; dated lower right: 1937
Provenance
Exhibitions
Amigos del Arte, Montevideo, Uruguay, 8a. Exposición de la Asociación de Arte Constructivo, October 1940, ill.
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 16, ill., on cover.
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Torres-García: Construction et Symboles, June 11–August 1975, no. 40, ill. did not travel. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8–July 22, 1978 (América Latina Geometria Sensível).
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. 42, ill., p. 142.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 328.
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 12, ill.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 16, ill.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 208, did not travel. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museu do Chiado/Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal, Rétrospective Joaquín Torres-García, October 15, 2002–January 15, 2003.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 270, ill., p. 276.
The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, Modigliani, Picasso et leur temps - Collections du Musée d'art moderne Lille Métropole 1900-1950, April 20–June 4, 2006, no. 59, ill., p. 100. Traveled to: Hiroshima Museum of Art, June 10–July 16, 2006; The Akita Museum of Modern Art, Japan, July 22–August 27, 2006; The Bunkamura Museum of Art, September 2–October 22, 2006; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Japan, November 18, 2006–January 14, 2007; Daimaru Museum, Umeda, January 18–February 4, 2007; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, Japan, April 20–May 20, 2007.
Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France, Georges Vantongerloo, October 27, 2007–February 26, 2008.
Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Modernités plurielles de 1905 à 1970, October 23, 2013–January 26, 2015, ill., 84.
(in collaboration with Centre Pompidou), Louvre Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Abstraction and Calligraphy - Towards a Universal Language, February 17–June 12, 2021, as Universal Composition (Universal Art).
Published References
Organización de los Estados Americanos, Unión Panamericana, Washington D.C. Boletín de Música y Artes Visuales, no. 71-72-73 (January-March 1956), ill.
Plazy, Gilles. "Torres-Garcia, le grand constructeur." Unknown publication, July 6, 1975, ill.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 63, no. 42.
Gauville, Hervé. "L'Amérique Latine sur Le plat." Libération (Paris), December 1, 1992, ill.
Lawrence, Sidney. "Legado Latinoamericano: Cuatro Pioneros Que Nutrieron el Arte Moderno." El Bohemio News (San Francisco), June 17, 1992, ill.
Paez Mullan, Anthony. "New World Modernists." Antiques & Fine Art (May/June 1992), ill.
Mujica, Barbara. "Los Hitos del Modernismo." Américas vol. 44, no. 2 (1992), ill. p. 31.
"Construcción." Repetition generale/Ensayo general (Chile) 1995, ill. detail p. 14.
Torrès-García– Composition Universelle. L'Art en Jeu. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1998, ill.
Fundación ICO. Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido. Madrid, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 22.
Serra, Catalina. "El Museo Picasso revisa el paso del clasicismo a la abstracción en la obra de Torres-García." El País (Cataluña), November 25, 2003, ill. p. 33, as Grafismo universal sobre fondo gris.
Puig Menetrier, Jacqueline. "Joaquim Torres-Garcia (1874-1949): du noucentisme a l'universalisme construit." Domitia (Perpignan, France), no, 7 (June 2006), ill. p. 18, as Composición universal.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p 281, no. 7.44.
Fundación Caixa Girona. Torres-García Darrere la màscara constructiva. Girona, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 65, fig. 11.
De Torres-García a Vieira da Silva 1929-1949: La intuición y la escultura. Valencia, Spain: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, 2009. Exhibition catalogue (2009b IVAM), ill. p. 114.
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space. Los Angeles, 2011-2012. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 36.
Gamwell, Lynn. Mathematics + Art: A Cultural History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, ill. p. 415, fig. 11-34.
Chaves, Alexandra. "Last Chance to See; Highlights from Louvre Abu Dhabi's Show on Abstraction and Calligraphy." The National, June 6, 2021, ill., as Universal Composition (Universal Art).
Record last updated June 8, 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. "Composición universal, 1937 (1937.37)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1497 (accessed on April 19, 2024).