Lot Essay
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Adán y Eva
Details
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)
Adán y Eva
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-72' (upper right)
oil and sand on canvas
39½ x 32 in. (100 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
Adán y Eva
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-72' (upper right)
oil and sand on canvas
39½ x 32 in. (100 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
Provenance
Olga Tamayo, Mexico City.
B. Lewin Galleries, Beverly Hills and Palm Springs.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 1994, lot 61 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
B. Lewin Galleries, Beverly Hills and Palm Springs.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 1994, lot 61 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Rufino Tamayo, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, B. Lewin Galleries, 1983, p. 125 (illustrated in color).
E.J. Sullivan et al., 10 Maestros de la Plástica Mexicana, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA, p. 156-157, no. 76 (illustrated in color).
E.J. Sullivan et al., 10 Maestros de la Plástica Mexicana, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA, p. 156-157, no. 76 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, B. Lewin Galleries, Rufino Tamayo, 1983.
San Francisco, The Mexican Museum, Paintings and Mixographs by Rufino Tamayo, 19 May- 10 July 1983.
Santa Ana, California, The Modern Museum of Art, Rufino Tamayo, September 1987, no. 37.
San Francisco, The Mexican Museum, Paintings and Mixographs by Rufino Tamayo, 19 May- 10 July 1983.
Santa Ana, California, The Modern Museum of Art, Rufino Tamayo, September 1987, no. 37.
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