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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
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
Estate of the Artist
Rose Fried Gallery New York
Private collection, Washington D.C.
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, Octoer 21, 1977, Modern Paintings and Sculpture, lot 344, ill.
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, June 15, 1979, lot 63A
Private collection, Washington D.C.
Sotheby's New York, New York, May 17, 1994, Latin America Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 39, ill.
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 2001, Latin American Art, lot 38, ill. p. 73.
Judy and Charles Tate, Texas
The Blanton Museum University of Texas at Austin
Exhibitions
1955 Museo Torres-García
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1955, ill.1960a Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, J. Torres-García, Paintings from 1930-1949, March 1–26, 1960.1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
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, 1962.1965 Rose Fried Gallery
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 - 15th Memorial Exhibition, January 6–February 13, 1965.1988 Art Museum of the Americas
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. 33.1992 Art Museum of the Americas
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., From Torres García to Soto, June 26–October 7, 1992, ill., back cover and p. 23.2009 MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings in Houston Collections, September 6–November 29, 2009.2014–15 The Blanton Museum of Art
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
Tillin 1960
T[illin], S[idney]. "In the Galleries." Arts (March 1960), ill.Pereda 1991
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 200.El País 1994
"Veinte Artistas Uruguayos en los Salones de Nueva York." El País (Montevideo), May 15, 1994, ill.Reid 2016
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).