Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1943.14 (estate: 841)
Grafismo constructivo sobre cuatro colores primarios
Alternate title: Grafismo constructivo sobre cuatro colores primarios (Constructive Graphic on Four Primary Colors)
1943
Oil on cardboard
21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (55 x 42 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated upper center: Año 1943
Signed upper left: AAÇ
Provenance
Private collection, Washington D.C.
Private collection, Washington D.C.
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1955, ill.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962. (Only exhibited at Baden-Baden). Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 2–April 1, 1962.
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965.
Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., Different Voices: Artists from Uruguay in Washington Collections, November 4–December 3, 1988, no. 33.
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., From Torres García to Soto, June 26–October 7, 1992, ill., back cover and p. 23.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings in Houston Collections, September 6–November 29, 2009.
The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, La línea continua: The Judy and Charles Tate Collection of Latin American Art, September 20, 2014–February 15, 2015, ill., p. 67, as Grafismo constructivo sobre cuatro colores primarios (Constructive Graphic on Four Primary Colors).
Published References
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 200.
"Veinte Artistas Uruguayos en los Salones de Nueva York." El País (Montevideo), May 15, 1994, ill.
Reid, Michael. "A Model Latin American: The concrete message of an abstract artist." The Economist, vol. 421, no. 9012 (October 22-28, 2016), ill. p. 43.
Record last updated June 24, 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. "Grafismo constructivo sobre cuatro colores primarios, 1943 (1943.14)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1881 (accessed on April 20, 2025).