Construcción (Construction) is a graphite drawing on tan paper by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres-García, created in 1936. The work measures seven and a half inches tall by five inches wide. It is hung in portrait orientation, meaning that its shortest side runs parallel to the ground.The drawing presents a vertical grid of rectangular compartments, each containing a single symbol or fragment of text rendered in spare graphite lines. This structured, almost architectural approach reflects Torres-García’s constructivist philosophy—a belief that art should be built like a construction, with symbols arranged as building blocks rather than creating illusionistic space. At the top, an eye, triangle, the number “1,” and a balance scale establish a vocabulary of universal symbols. Below, the letters “A.A.G” stretch across the width, anchoring two simplified human figures beneath. Beneath that, more symbols emerge: a radiating sun on the left, a flame in the center, an anchor on the right. The letters “RE ON” sit alongside a key, while “KPZ” appears with “1936” inscribed directly below it—marking both the work’s creation and its place in time.The lower sections contain a house, a table or bench, a five-pointed star, and a cross. The artist’s initials “J.T.G” anchor the lower left corner, with “36” in the lower right. Each symbol is drawn with simple, minimal lines. Together, they create a personal system of signs that draws from multiple sources: the geometric order and grid structures favored by European modernist artists, combined with the symbol-based visual language of pre-Columbian cultures from the Americas.