Complex sentence: He published the first two volumes of his "History of Art" in 1945 (publishing the third and fourth in 1946 and 1958, respectively), and this latter work was subsequently used as a textbook in several Latin American universities.
Split into simpler sentences: He published the first two volumes of his "History of Art" in 1945, publishing the third and fourth in 1946 and 1958, respectively. This latter work was subsequently used as a textbook in several Latin American universities.