Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Mujer
signed and dated ‘Tamayo 0-73’ (upper right) titled 'Mujer' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.2 cm.)
Painted in 1973.
Provenance
Robert G. Rouckie collection, Union City, New Jersey. Perls Galleries, New York. Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 2 May 1981, lot 58 (illustrated in color). Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo Oil Paintings, 1972-1973, New York, Perls Galleries, 1973, no. 18 (illustrated). Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 1975, no. 67 (illustrated in color). O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1982, p. 198, no. 166 (illustrated in color). O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1994, p. 200, no. 166 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Perls Galleries, Rufino Tamayo Oil Paintings, 1972-1973, 6 November-8 December 1973, no. 18. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Tamayo peintures, 1960-1974, 28 November 1974-2 February 1975, no. 72. Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Rufino Tamayo, 1975, no. 67.
Lot Essay
We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.