Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1942.03 (estate: 546)
Puerto con cuatro figuras universales
Alternate title: Universus
1942
Oil on cardboard
31 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (80 x 101 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 42
This painting originally had another work on the back that was not by Torres-García. Although the work had been cancelled by the family, these marks were removed and the image was restored and featured in the 1973 Exposición Antológica Torres-García at the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid as number 98.
Private collection, United States
Provenance
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, London
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection, United States
Exhibitions
Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954.
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.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 99, ill., p. 108. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
Sala Arteuropa, Barcelona, Spain, 6 siglos de pintura española, November 13–December 19, 1975, ill.
Galería Ruiz – Castillo, Madrid, Torres-García, Período constructivista, October 1978.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 11.
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 16, ill.
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 22, ill.
Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica, La escuela del sur, January 16–March 23, 1997.
Published References
Montealegre, Samuel. "Alcuni Il Regno dell'universale Costruttivo, Joaquín Torres García." Terzoocchio (Bologna) anno XII, no. 4 (33) (Diciembre 1984), ill. p. 50.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 577, no. 366.
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 72.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 312, no. 8.14.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 219.
Sanchez Vidal, Agustin. Joaquín Torres-García. Madrid: Fundacio MAPFRE Instituto de Cultura, 2012, ill. p. 71.
Record last updated February 8, 2019. 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. "Puerto con cuatro figuras universales, 1942 (1942.03)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1748 (accessed on April 21, 2025).