The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 37, ill., p. 70. 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.

1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo

Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 92. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.

1977 Sidney Janis Gallery

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings, Reliefs & Drawings by J. Torres-García, October 4–29, 1977, no. 22. Traveled to: Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, 1978; Gimpel Fils, London, April 18–May 20, 1978 (J. Torres-García 1874-1949: The Constructivist Work).

1980 Museo de Bellas Artes

Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Joaquín Torres García y su visión constructiva, May 1980, no. 13.

1981 Museo de Arte Moderno

Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Exposición del gran pintor uruguayo Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949), February 5–March 15, 1981, no. 18. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).

1984 Gimpel Fils

Gimpel Fils, London, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings & Constructions, June 19–July 14, 1984. (Stellweg 1984), no. 11.

1987–88 Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Le siècle de Picasso, October 1987–January 1988, no. 55, ill., p. 109. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, January 29–March 13, 1988.

1996 Aarganer Kunsthaus

Aarganer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, Du Greco a Mondrian, une collection privée Suisse, January 28–March 17, 1996, ill., p. 219. Traveled to: Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, April 21–June 16, 1996; Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany, July 8–September 15, 1996; Kunstforum Bank Austria Vienne, September 25–December 8, 1996; Fondation de l Hermitage Lausanne, Switzerland, January 24–April 27, 1997.

1998 São Paulo XXIV Bienal

São Paulo XXIV Bienal, Brazil, Núcleo Histórico I: Antropofagia e Historias de Canibalismos, 1998, ill., p. 209.

2000–01 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Heterotopias: Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968, December 12, 2000–November 27, 2001, ill., p. 283.

2001 Fogg Art Museum

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, March 3–November 4, 2001, no. 61, ill., p. 231.

2003 MNAV

Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay, Geo-Metrías, Abstracción Geométrica Latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros, July 3–October 25, 2003, ill., p. 68. Traveled to: Museo del Arte Latinoamerica de Buenos Aires (MALBA), March 14–May 19, 2003.

2007 The Blanton Museum of Art

The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collections, February 20–April 22, 2007, ill., p. 89. Traveled to: Gray Art Gallery, New York University, New York, September 12–December 8, 2007.

2007–08 Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections From a Decade of Acquisitions, November 2007–February 25, 2008.

2011 Fundación Juan March

Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Cold America: Geometrical Abstraction in Latin America (1934-1973), February 11–May 15, 2011. (Fundación Juan March 2011), no. 4, ill.

2013 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, La invención concreta: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, January 22–September 16, 2013, ill., p. 161.

2014 Royal Academy of Arts

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, July 5–September 28, 2014, no. 3, ill., p. 76.

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. 152. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.

2019–20 Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift, October 21, 2019–March 1, 2020.

Published References

El País 1954

"A Cinco Años del Fallecimiento de Joaquín Torres García." El País (Montevideo), August 8, 1954, ill.

Balboa 1955

Balboa, Robert. "Don Joaquín Torres-García: hoy se inaugura el Gran Museo de nuestro pintor." Acción (Montevideo), July 28, 1955, ill.

Cassou 1955

Cassou, Jean. J. Torrès Garcia. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1955, ill. no. 16.

Laroche 1955b

Laroche, W.E. "Apuntes para un ensayo sobre la evolución pictórica de Torres García." El Plata (Montevideo), September 4, 1955, ill.

Caporale Scelta 1959

Caporale Scelta, Julio. "V Bienal de São Paulo- Uruguai." Habitat (São Paulo), no. 56 (October-December 1959), ill. p. 89.

Milla Villena 1984

Milla Villena, Carlos. Génesis de la cultura andina. Lima: Fondo Editorial C.A.P., 1984, ill.

Rith-Magne 1994

Rith-Magne, Isabel. Ancestralismo : kulturelle Identitätssuche der lateinamerikanischen Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts. Schriften zu Lateinamerika. Munich: Eberhard, 1994, ill. p. 611, no. 91.

Apsis 1998

Apsis, Alexander. "A breath of Vision: The Rolf and Margit Weinberg Collection." Sotheby's Preview (May 1998), ill. p. 22.

Glueck 2001

Glueck, Grace. "A Universe of Art, Centered in Boston." The New York Times, August 17, 2001, ill.

Turner, Elisa 2001

Turner, Elisa. "Collecting Culture." The Miami Herald, October 7, 2001, ill. p. 8M.

Cisneros 2003

Cisneros, Patricia Phelps. "En la Colección Cisneros: Una dimensión precursora." El País (Montevideo), December 12, 2003, ill.

Elderfield 2004

Elderfield, John. Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture 1880 to the Present. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2004, ill. p. 261.

Cotter 2005

Cotter, Holland. "Outside In." The New York Times, March 30, 2005, ill.

Gradowczyk 2007

Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 271, no. 7.33.

Smith 2007

Smith, Roberta. "Latin American Modernism, the Sequel." The New York Times, November 23, 2007, ill.

Calvo Serraller 2011

Calvo Serraller, Francisco. "El ardor artistico de la 'America fria.'" El Día (Spain), February 19, 2011, ill.

Rodríguez Mallarini n.d.

Rodríguez Mallarini, Adolfo. "Apuntes para un ensayo sobre la evolución pictórica de Torres García." El Día (Montevideo), ill.

Record last updated October 20, 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. "Construcción en blanco y negro, 1938 (1938.01)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1506 (accessed on April 19, 2024).