Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)

Hombre con esfera (also known as Hombre con pelota)

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Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)
Hombre con esfera (also known as Hombre con pelota)
signed and dated 'Tamayo O-71' (upper left)
oil on canvas
35½ x 43 3/8 in. (90.2 x 110.2 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art.
Gift from the above to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2006, lot 36 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo: Paintings and Graphics from the Bernard Lewin Galleries, Los Angeles, Vincent Price Art Gallery (illustrated).
Rufino Tamayo, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, B. Lewin Galleries, 1983, p. 114-115 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Tamayo, January - March 1986.
Santa Ana, California, The Modern Museum of Art, Rufino Tamayo, 19 September - 30 November 1987, no. 35.
Los Angeles, Vincent Price Art Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Paintings and Graphics from the Bernard Lewin Galleries.

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