LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board laid on masonite

Measurements:

31.22 in. (79.30 cm.) (height) by 23.62 in. (60.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'J. Torres-GARCIA' (upper left) and dated '31' (upper right)

Exhibited:

Venice, XXVII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, Sala LIX: Uruguay, June-October 1956, no. 7. São Paulo, V Bienal de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderno de São Paulo, Sala Torres-García, September-December 1959, no. 16. Montevideo, Museo Torres-García, March 1959, no. 10. New York, Rose Fried Gallery, J. Torres-Garca Paintings from 1930 to 1949 , 1-26 March 1960. Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Joaquín Torres-García , 3 October–1 November 1970, no. 20. This exhibition also travelled to New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 11 December 1970– 31 January 1971, Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 16 February–31 March 1971

Literature:

J. Cassou, J. Torres García , Paris, Fernand Hazan, Bibliothèque Aldine Des Arts, vol. 36, no. 9, November 1955 (illustrated in color and on cover). W. George, "Joaquín Torres-García Un Maitre de l'Art Amérindien," in Revue Francaise, Paris , November 1955, p. 12 (illustrated). J. Prossor, "An Introduction to Abstract Painting," in Apollo , London, vol. 66, no. 392, October 1957, p. 84 (illustrated). J. Torres García, Obras Expuestas en el Museo , Montevideo, Museo Torres-García, Boletin no. 3, March 1959, no. 10 (illustrated). Exhibition catalogue, L. Gomes Machado, V Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderno de São Paulo , São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderno de São Paulo, 1959, no. 7 (illustrated). G. de Torre, 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947 , Montevideo, Sala Torres-García, Museo Torres García and New York, Rose Fried Gallery, 1959, no. 16 (illustrated). This publication was issued in conjunction with the 1959 V Bienal de São Paulo. Exhibition catalogue, D. Robbins, J. Sutherland, T. Messer, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949 , Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1970, p. 53, no. 20 (illustrated). S. Torroella, "Con Mondrian al Fondo," "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." in Mundo Hispánico, Madrid, no. 326, May 1975, p. 69 (illustrated). A. Maslach, Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano , Caracas, UNESCO, 1998, p. 351, no. 191 (detail of painting illustrated). C. de Torres and S.V. Temkin, "Art constructif, 1931 (1931.46)" in Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné , http://torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1069 (accessed on September 9, 2015)

Provenance:

Estate of the artist, Montevideo. Rose Fried Gallery, New York. Private collection, Europe