Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
1945.02 (estate: 690)
Constructivo en cinco tonos
Alternate title: Homo Sapiens
1945
Oil on cardboard
21 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (54 x 85 cm cm)
Unsigned; dated upper middle: 1945
The letters "BA" near the figure's hands refers to the "bomba atómica/atomic bomb."
Private collection, Barcelona
Provenance
Private collection, Barcelona
Private collection, Barcelona
Exhibitions
Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García: Obras de museos y colecciones particulares de Montevideo y Buenos Aires, November 4–29, 1964, no. 17.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, ill., p. 119 no. 113. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.
Galería Dau al Set, Barcelona, Spain, J. Torres-García (1874-1949), November 1976, no. 78, ill.
Published References
Argul, Jose Pedro. "La irrupción de Torres-García en su país." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) No. 301 (April 1973), ill. p. 39.
"Torres García, desde la raíz del constructivismo." Blanco y Negro (Madrid) (April 28, 1973), ill. p. 77.
Cabanas, Juan. "El Pez de Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid) "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García," (May 1975), ill. p. 47.
Montealegre, Samuel. "Alcuni Il Regno dell'universale Costruttivo, Joaquín Torres García." Terzoocchio (Bologna) anno XII, no. 4 (33) (Diciembre 1984), ill. p. 51.
Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 579, no. 377.
The Menil Collection. Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood. Houston, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 The Menil Collection), ill. p. 222.
Record last updated April 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, 1945 (1945.02)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2000 (accessed on November 23, 2024).