Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.46 (estate: 375)
Constructif locomotive nord
Alternate titles: Constructivismo; Constructivo locomotora "Nord 56"; Nord 56; Peinture; Pintura
1929
Oil on canvas
21 5/16 x 25 5/8 in. (54 x 65 cm)
Signed upper left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated upper right: 29
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980
Private collection, New York
Exhibitions
Museo de Arte Moderno, Madrid, Exposición de J. Torres-García, April 1–7, 1933, no. 63, as Nord 56. Traveled to: Sociedad de Artistas Ibéricos, Patronato del Turismo, Madrid, April 1933.
V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 3. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.
Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 15, as Constructivo locomotora "Nord 56".
The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García, 1874-1949: Chronology and Catalogue of the Family Collection, October 13–November 24, 1974, no. 56*, Listed as number 21 in Caracas exhibition catalogue. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, January 13–February 26, 1975; Galería INC, Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, August 22–September 1975.
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc, New York, Joaquín Torres-García - Paintings, Constructions and Drawings, September 9–October 3, 1981. (Salander-O'Reilly Gallery 1981), no. 3, ill.
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, Arte Abstracto, Arte Concreto: Paris, Cercle et Carré, 1930, September 20–December 2, 1990, no. 19, ill., p. 51, as Pintura.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 78, as Peinture. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 201, ill., p. 215.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016, ill., p. 70. Traveled to: Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, May 16–September 11, 2016; Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain, October 10, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Published References
Podestá, José María. J. Torres-García. Monografias de Arte. Serie Americana 3. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1946, ill. XXI, as Constructivismo.
de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 17.
Benvenuto, Sergio. "Joaquín Torres-García El Pintor." Artes (Montevideo) año 1, no. 2 (August 1959), ill. p. 7.
Benvenuto, Sergio. "Joaquín Torres García: El pintor." Revista de la Universidad de México vol. XV, no. 12 (August 1961), ill. p. 18.
Pereda, Raquel. Joaquín Torres-García. Uruguay: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1991, ill. p. 131.
Prat, Marie-Aline. L'Abstraction en France 1919 – 1939. Paris: Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique, 1992, ill. on cover.
Record last updated February 8, 2018. 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. "Constructif locomotive nord, 1929 (1929.46)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=929 (accessed on April 20, 2025).