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Classification: Painting
Medium: Oil
Support: On wood panel
Year: 1943
1943.40 (estate: 272)
Barco constructivo
Alternate titles: Barco rojo constructivo; Navio
1943
Oil on wood panel
20 x 24 in. (50.5 x 60.9 cm)
Signed lower right: JTG; dated lower right: 1943
Exhibitions
Instituto de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Torres-García, Pinturas, April 1951, no. 5, as Navio.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 112, ill., p. 118 no. 112. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
Galería Ruiz – Castillo, Madrid, Torres-García, Período constructivista, October 1978.
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, El Taller Torres-García: The School of the South and Its Legacy, February–May 1993.
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Superposiciones: Artelatinoamericano en colecciones mexicanas, May 23–April 10, 2015, ill., p. 190.
Published References
Argul, Jose Pedro. "La irrupción de Torres-García en su país." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) No. 301 (April 1973), ill. p. 38.
Jardí, Enric. Joaquín Torres-García. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1973, ill. p. 237, no. 348.
Vernazza, Eduardo. "Los 99 años de J.Torres García: Exposición en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid." El Día, July 29, 1973, ill.
"Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill p. 16.
Caetano, Gerardo, and José Pedro Rilla. História contemporánea del Uruguay: de la colonia al Mercosur. Montevideo: Editorial Fin de Siglo, 1994, ill. on cover.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. p. 578, no. 369.
Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa. Homo Ludens: El artista frente al juego. Alzuza, Spain, 2010-2011. Exhibition catalogue (2010–11 Museo Jorge Oteiza Fundazio Museoa), ill. p. 146.
Niggl, Selima, Claus Mewes. Hans Platschek: Höllenstürze, Hahnenkämpfe, Nette Abende. Munich: van de Loo Foundation, 2023. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 189, as Barco rojo constructivo.
Record last updated March 8, 2016. 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. "Barco constructivo, 1943 (1943.40)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1905 (accessed on April 20, 2025).