Blanton Museum of Art - Constructif en rouge et ocre [Construction in Red and Ochre]

Constructif en rouge et ocre [Construction in Red and Ochre]

1931
20th century
86.5 cm x 58.9 cm (34 1/16 in. x 23 3/16 in.)

Joaquín Torres-García (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1874 - 1949, Montevideo, Uruguay) Primary

Object Type: painting

Artist Nationality: Latin America, Uruguay

Medium and Support: Oil on linen canvas

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase as a gift of the Eugene McDermott Foundation in honor of Barbara Duncan, 1981

Accession Number: 1981.40

Joaquín Torres-García characteristically organized his works using an underlying grid containing universal archetypes. The figure, temple, heart, clock, hammer, bottle, and vessel with its anchor symbolize different aspects of human existence, ranging from the natural, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. "Constructif en rouge et ocre" also demonstrates Torres-García’s understanding of abstraction as a process of simplification, accomplished in part through the use of a limited palette.

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still life

boat

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