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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1939.02 (estate: 537)
Estructura ocre constructiva con signos en blanco
1939
Tempera on cardboard
33 7/8 x 41 in. (86 x 104 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 1939.
Signed upper right: AAÇ
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Estate of Manolita Piña de Torres
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Private collection, London
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Sotheby's, New York, May 26, 2015, Latin America: The Legacy of Abstraction, lot 23, ill. p. 50.
Private collection
Exhibitions
1954 Ateneo de Montevideo
Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954.1955 Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle
Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris, Joaquín Torres García, November–December 1955, no. 19.1956 Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte
Venice XXVIII Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, Sala LIX: Uruguay, Venice, Italy, June–September 1956, no. 7.1959 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1959, no. 28.1964 Instituto Torcuato Di Tella
Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García: Obras de museos y colecciones particulares de Montevideo y Buenos Aires, November 4–29, 1964, no. 9, ill.1967 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 1.1974 The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 79*, ill., p. 103 (Spanish version p. 113), Illustrated and listed as number 36 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.1981 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. Traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, April–June 1981 (Museo de Monterrey 1981).1981 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981), no. 16, ill.1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 113, ill., p. 93. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.1998 Galerie Jan Krugier
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva, Torres-García: Retrospective, April 3–June 27, 1998.1998–99 Galerie J. Bastien - Art
Galerie J. Bastien - Art, Brussels, Joaquín Torres-García Œuvres de la Collection Alejandra, Aurelio y Claudio Torres, November 25, 1998–January 10, 1999, ill.2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 281, ill., p. 287.2006 Oriol Galería d'Art
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: 30 pinturas de 1919 a 1949: New York-Paris-Madrid-Montevideo, June 22–September 22, 2006, no. 18, ill., p. 55.2007–08 Fundación Caixa Girona
Fundación Caixa Girona, Spain, Torres-García Darrere la mascara constructiva, November 15, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 169. Traveled to: Can Palauet i Museu de Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, January 19–February 17, 2008.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 211, no. 295.Serra d'Or 1986
"Notes d'art: Torres-Garcia." Serra d'Or (Barcelona), no. 320 (May 1986), ill.Chadwick 1987
Chadwick, Susan. "MFA Shows Torres-García." The Houston Post, February 13, 1987, ill.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 575, no. 356.Tasset 1998
Tasset, Jean Marie. "Torres-García, maître enchanteur." Le Figaro (Paris), April 14, 1998, ill.Turine 1998
Turine, Roger Pierre. "Exceptionel: Torres-García à Bruxelles!" La libre Belgique, July 12, 1998, ill.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 65.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 285, no. 7.49.Karmel, Pepe 2020
Karmel, Pepe. Abstract Art: A Global History. London: Thames & Hudson, 2020, ill. p. 286._sm.jpg)
Record last updated March 3, 2020. 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. "Estructura ocre constructiva con signos en blanco, 1939 (1939.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1550 (accessed on April 21, 2025).