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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On wood panel
Year: 1942
1942.13 (estate: 535)
Arte constructivo universal
1942
Oil on wood panel
61 x 61 in. (155 x 155 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 42
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Horacio Torres
Estate of Horacio Torres
Alejandra, Aurelio, and Claudio Torres
Exhibitions
1947 Salón del Ateneo de Montevideo
Salón del Ateneo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, 222 Obras Retrospectivas y Recientes de J. Torres-García, April 20, 1947, no. 102.
1970 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, May 1970, no. 9.
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. 90*, ill., p. 97 (Spanish version p. 107), Listed as number 40 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.
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 118, ill., p. 97. 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.
1997 Jan Krugier Gallery
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, no. 8, ill.
1999–2000 Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Kunstwelten im Dialog, von Gaugin zur globalen Gegenwart, November 5, 1999–March 19, 2000, no. 170, ill., p. 225.
2001 Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa
Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao, Spain, Joaquín Torres-García: Dibujos, January 15–February 25, 2001, no. 66, ill., p. 181.
2003 Jan Krugier Gallery
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat – Gaston Chaissac – Jean Dubuffet – Joaquín Torres-García, 2003, no. 37, ill., p. 55. Traveled to: Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 2003.
2003–04 Museo Picasso
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 285, ill., p. 291.
2005–06 Musée Maillol
Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres, de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005–February 13, 2006, ill., p. 53.
2011 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Torres-García a les seves cruïlles, May 17–September 11, 2011, no. 2, ill., p. 29.
2018 Acquavella Galleries
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 68, ill., p. 201, detail pp. 202-203, as Arte constructivo universal.
Published References
Duncan 1974
Duncan, Barbara. "Latin American Catalyst." The Art Gallery Magazine (November 1974), ill. p. 15.
Record last updated July 20, 2023. 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. "Arte constructivo universal, 1942 (1942.13)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1758 (accessed on April 19, 2025).