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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
1943.15 (estate: 336)
Constructivo en cinco tonos
1943
Oil on cardboard
16 1/2 x 17 11/16 in. (42 x 45 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: JTG 43
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Augusto Torres, Montevideo
Galerie Melki, Basel
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc., New York, June 15, 1979, Modern Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, lot 70, ill.
Private collection, Washington D.C.
Christie's New York, May 16, 1995, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 52, ill. p. 105.
Christie's New York, May 29, 1997, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 101, ill. p. 155.
Private collection, Europe
Christie's New York, May 26, 2011, Latin American Sale, lot 38, ill. p. 78-79.
Exhibitions
1961–62 Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Joaquín Torres-García, December 1961–January 1962, no. 30. 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, ill.1974 Galerie Gmurzynska
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, De Stijl/Cercle et Carré: developments of constructivisim in Europe after 1917, March 8–May 30, 1974, no. 141, ill., p. 140.1988 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. 32.1992 Art Museum of the Americas
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., From Torres García to Soto, June 26–October 7, 1992, ill., p. 23.Published References
Fonseca 1960
Fonseca, Gonzalo. "Torres-Garcia's symbols within squares." Art News vol. 50 (March 1960), ill. p. 28.Record last updated May 8, 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. "Constructivo en cinco tonos, 1943 (1943.15)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1882 (accessed on April 20, 2025).