Puerto constructivo con cara
1946
Joaquín Torres-García's 1946 oil work on board features a constructivist composition incorporating a face within architectural forms. The painting demonstrates his signature style blending geometric abstraction with figurative elements.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
November 17, 2021
Estimate: $300,000 – $400,000
Lot 210
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Joaquín Torres-García, considered the father of Latin American Constructivism, lived in Europe and the United States for almost 40 years before returning permanently to Uruguay. These travels exposed him to different modernist movements including Constructivism, Cubism and Neo-Plasticism, while he was living in Paris and New York. The period between 1926 and 1933 in Paris was Torres-García’s most mature, punctuated by his co-founding (with Michel Seuphor) of the renowned
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