Lot Essay
We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Dos figuras
Details
Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Dos figuras
signed and dated 'Tamayo 2-75' (upper left) dated again '1975' and titled 'DOS FIGURAS' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
51 1/4 x 38 3/8 in. (130.2 x 97.5 cm.)
Painted in 1975.
Dos figuras
signed and dated 'Tamayo 2-75' (upper left) dated again '1975' and titled 'DOS FIGURAS' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
51 1/4 x 38 3/8 in. (130.2 x 97.5 cm.)
Painted in 1975.
Provenance
Olga Tamayo collection, Mexico City.
Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Seguros Comercial América (formerly Seguros Banamex), Mexico City.
Francisco Osio Morales collection, Miami.
Latin American Masters, Los Angeles.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1995, lot 47 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Seguros Comercial América (formerly Seguros Banamex), Mexico City.
Francisco Osio Morales collection, Miami.
Latin American Masters, Los Angeles.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1995, lot 47 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, 1976 (illustrated).
"Rufino Tamayo: Mi fuente es la tradición", Sucesos para Todos, Mexico City, 8 December 1976, no. 2271, p. 32 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo: Obras recientes, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1976, no. 11 (illustrated in color).
J. Acha, "El animismo cromático de Rufino Tamayo", Art International, vol. XXI, no. 5, New York, October-November 1977, p. 9 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, March 1977, no. 39 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Fifty Years of His Painting, Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, 1978, no. 50 (illustrated)
Exhibition catalogue, Imágenes de México: Una perspectiva artística desde la época prehispánica hasta los contemporáneos, obras selectas de las colecciones del Banco Nacional de México y Seguros América Banamex presentadas por Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, Palacio de Iturbide, 1980, on. 153 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz, J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Rizzoli International, New York, 1982, p. 226, no. 200 (illustrated in color).
J. Corredor-Matheos, Tamayo, Rizzoli International, New York, 1987, no. 117 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1988, no. 201 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1995, p. 228, no. 200 (illustrated in color).
T. del Conde, et.al, Tamayo, Mexico City, Grupo Financiero Bital / Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, Américo Arte Editores, 1998, p. 153 (illustrated in color).
"Rufino Tamayo: Mi fuente es la tradición", Sucesos para Todos, Mexico City, 8 December 1976, no. 2271, p. 32 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo: Obras recientes, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1976, no. 11 (illustrated in color).
J. Acha, "El animismo cromático de Rufino Tamayo", Art International, vol. XXI, no. 5, New York, October-November 1977, p. 9 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, March 1977, no. 39 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Fifty Years of His Painting, Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, 1978, no. 50 (illustrated)
Exhibition catalogue, Imágenes de México: Una perspectiva artística desde la época prehispánica hasta los contemporáneos, obras selectas de las colecciones del Banco Nacional de México y Seguros América Banamex presentadas por Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, Palacio de Iturbide, 1980, on. 153 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz, J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Rizzoli International, New York, 1982, p. 226, no. 200 (illustrated in color).
J. Corredor-Matheos, Tamayo, Rizzoli International, New York, 1987, no. 117 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1988, no. 201 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1995, p. 228, no. 200 (illustrated in color).
T. del Conde, et.al, Tamayo, Mexico City, Grupo Financiero Bital / Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, Américo Arte Editores, 1998, p. 153 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, INBA, Rufino Tamayo - Obras Recientes, February 1976, no. 11.
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Rufino Tamayo, 10 April-30 May 1976.
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo, March 1977, no. 39.
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings, 18 November-30 December 1977, no. 3.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Rufino Tamayo, Fifty Years of His Painting, 7 October-16 November 1978, no. 50. This
exhibition also travelled to San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, 6 January-17 February 1979.
London, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings, 3-27 October 1979.
Mexico City, Palacio de Iturbide, Imágenes de México: Una perspectiva artística desde la época prehispánica hasta los contemporáneos, obras selectas de las colecciones del Banco Nacional de México y Seguros América Banamex presentadas por Fomento Cultural Banamex, 29 October 1980-31 January 1981.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, December 1987-March 1988, no. 201.
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Rufino Tamayo, 10 April-30 May 1976.
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo, March 1977, no. 39.
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings, 18 November-30 December 1977, no. 3.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Rufino Tamayo, Fifty Years of His Painting, 7 October-16 November 1978, no. 50. This
exhibition also travelled to San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, 6 January-17 February 1979.
London, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings, 3-27 October 1979.
Mexico City, Palacio de Iturbide, Imágenes de México: Una perspectiva artística desde la época prehispánica hasta los contemporáneos, obras selectas de las colecciones del Banco Nacional de México y Seguros América Banamex presentadas por Fomento Cultural Banamex, 29 October 1980-31 January 1981.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo 70 Años de Creación, December 1987-March 1988, no. 201.