Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan 1874-1949)

We are grateful to Mrs. Cecilia de Torres for her assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work; to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist under archive number P 1937.36.


By 1930-31, Torres-García's repertory of symbols was fairly well defined and included precise references to the cosmos (the sun), the ideal pentameter (the number five), human emotions (the heart and the anchor, representing hope), nature (the fish) as well as references to North American Indian art (the teepee framed by a crescent moon and and the sun, such as is found on painted hides)....


M. Rowell, "Order and symbol: the European and American sources of Torres-García's constructivism," in Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Symbol. Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1986, 16-18-20.