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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
1943.37 (estate: 1017)
Composición constructiva a cinco colores
1943
Oil on cardboard
19 x 26 3/4 in. (48 x 71 cm)
Signed lower left: JTG; dated lower right: 43
Private collection, Madrid
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Olimpia Torres, Montevideo
Private collection, Montevideo
Andre Emmerich, New York
Galería René Metras, Barcelona
Royal S. Marks Gallery, New York
Sotheby's New York, New York, November 20, 1989, Twenty Works by Joaquin Torres-Garcia from the Estate of Royal S. Marks, lot 18, ill.
Private collection, Madrid
Exhibitions
1959 V São Paulo Bienal
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 34. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.1978 Galería Ruiz – Castillo
Galería Ruiz – Castillo, Madrid, Torres-García, Período constructivista, October 1978.Published References
de Torre 1959
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 37.El País 1963a
"Ante los Grandes Temas Nacionales: Museo de Arte Moderno." El País (Montevideo), September 8, 1963, ill. detail p. 3.Gradowczyk 1985
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Joaquín Torres-García, Artistas de América. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1985, ill. p. 85, no. 61.Record last updated June 23, 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. "Composición constructiva a cinco colores, 1943 (1943.37)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1902 (accessed on April 20, 2025).