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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
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
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private collection, Barcelona
Royal S. Marks, New York
Estate of Royal S. Marks
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 23, 1992, Nineteen Works by Joaquín Torres-García from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 18, ill.
Private collection, London
Private collection
Cecilia de Torres Ltd., New York
Private collection
Private collection, United States
Exhibitions
1954 Ateneo de Montevideo
Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Quinto aniversario Taller Torres-García, August 1954.1964 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, 1964.1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo
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 1973.1975 Sala Arteuropa
Sala Arteuropa, Barcelona, Spain, 6 siglos de pintura española, November 13–December 19, 1975, ill.1978 Galería Ruiz – Castillo
Galería Ruiz – Castillo, Madrid, Torres-García, Período constructivista, October 1978.1995a Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 11.1996a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva
Fundação Arpad Szènès – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal, J. Torres-García, obra constructivista, May 9–July 21, 1996, no. 16, ill.1996 Museo de Pontevedra
Museo de Pontevedra, Spain, J.Torres-García, obra constructiva, August–September 1996, no. 22, ill.1997 Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica
Fundación Museos Banco Central de Costa Rica, La escuela del sur, January 16–March 23, 1997.Published References
Jardí 1973
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 229, no. 337.Montealegre 1984
Montealegre, Samuel. "Alcuni Il Regno dell'universale Costruttivo, Joaquín Torres García." Terzoocchio (Bologna) anno XII, no. 4 (33) (Diciembre 1984), ill. p. 50.Maslach 1998
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 577, no. 366.García-Bermejo 2002
García-Bermejo, Jose Maria Faerna. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2002, ill. no. 72.Gradowczyk 2007
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 312, no. 8.14.The Menil Collection 2010
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 219.Sanchez Vidal 2012
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).