Lot Essay
*This painting is sold to benefit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Accordingly, this lot may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the back of this catalogue.
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Hombre
Details
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)
Hombre
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-79' (upper left), inscribed 'HOMBRE. ACRILICO, 1979, 130 x 095' (on the reverse)
acrylic and sand on canvas
37 x 50¼ in. (94 x 127.6 cm.)
Painted in 1979.
Hombre
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-79' (upper left), inscribed 'HOMBRE. ACRILICO, 1979, 130 x 095' (on the reverse)
acrylic and sand on canvas
37 x 50¼ in. (94 x 127.6 cm.)
Painted in 1979.
Provenance
The Bernard and Edith Lewin collection of Mexican Art.
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Tamayo: Recent Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1981, no. 2 (illustrated in color). Addendum For Book 'Rufino Tamayo', B. Lewin Galleries, Palm Springs, California, n/d, no. LI (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1982, p. 270, no. 249.
Exhibition catalogue, Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1987 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1995, p. 272, no. 249.
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1982, p. 270, no. 249.
Exhibition catalogue, Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1987 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1995, p. 272, no. 249.
Exhibited
Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, December 1987- March 1988.
Special Notice
No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the correct birth date for the artist is 1899.