Details
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)
Danzantes
signed and dated 'Tamayo O-63' (upper right) and titled 'DANZANTES' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
38 3/8 x 51¼ in. (97.5 x 130.2 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
Harry Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Rufino Tamayo in 'Mainichi Newspaper', Tokyo, Shirogane Keihin Kan Hall, 1963, no. 40 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, 1964, no. 57 (illustrated).
J. García Ponce, Tamayo, Galería de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, 1967 (illustrated in color).
'Rufino Tamayo', XXXIV Esposizione Biennale Internazionale di Arte, Cultrual Program of the XIX Olympics, Mexico City, 1968 (illustrated in color).
E. Genauer, Rufino Tamayo, Harry N. Abrams Inc. New York, 1974, no. 82 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Jerusalem, Bezalel National Museum, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings 1962- 1963, 1963, no. 24. This exhibiton also treveled to Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavillion; Haifa, Museum of Modern Art Haifa, and Ein Harod, Mishkan Le-Omanut Museum.
Tokyo, Shirogane Keihin Kah Hall, Rufino Tamayo, 11 September- 6 October 1963, no. 40.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Rufino Tamayo, September 1964, no. 57.
Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, XXXIV Esposizione Biennale Internazionale D'Arte, 22 June - 20 October 1968, no. 19.
Los Angeles, Museum of Science and Industry, Masters of Mexico from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lynch, 30 January- 28 February 1971.
Palm Springs, Palms Springs Desert Museum, 20th Century Mexican Masters, 23 March - 6 May 1979.