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Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1942
1942.33 (estate: 226)
Construcción infinito
c.1942
Oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. (52 x 36.5 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Kasser Mochary Foundation, Montclair, NJ
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ifigenia Torres, Montevideo
Estate of Ifigenia Torres
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva
Oriol Galería d'Art, Barcelona
Private collection, Madrid
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 18, 2009, Latin American Art, lot 16, ill. p. 35.
Christie's, New York, November 17, 2010, Latin American Sale, lot 22, ill. p. 47.
Kasser Mochary Foundation, Montclair, NJ
Exhibitions
1951 Exposición 55 del Taller Torres García
Santiago, Chile, Exposición 55 del Taller Torres García, 1951.
1985–86b Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 117, ill., p. 95. 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.
2002 Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 217. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
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. 23, ill., p. 65.
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. 181. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Rowell 2009
Rowell, Margit. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Poligrafa, 2009, ill. p. 88.
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 infinito, c.1942 (1942.33)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1776 (accessed on April 21, 2025).