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Cabeza en blanco
Details
Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Cabeza en blanco
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-75' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
31 7/8 x 38 3/8 in. (80.9 x 97.5 cm.)
Painted in 1975.
Cabeza en blanco
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-75' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
31 7/8 x 38 3/8 in. (80.9 x 97.5 cm.)
Painted in 1975.
Provenance
Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City.
Private collection, Monterrey.
Grupo Alfa, Monterrey (acquired from the above, 1975).
Promoción de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico.
Window South Collection, Menlo Park.
Private collection, Menlo Park, California (acquired form the above, 1983).
Private collection, Monterrey.
Grupo Alfa, Monterrey (acquired from the above, 1975).
Promoción de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico.
Window South Collection, Menlo Park.
Private collection, Menlo Park, California (acquired form the above, 1983).
Literature
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, New York, Rizzoli, First Edition,1982, p. 220, no. 193 (illustrated in color).
R. Velasques and C. Somorrostro, Tamayo, Mexico City, Producciones Gráficas, 1983 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, Second Ediiton, 1995, p. 222, no. 193 (illustrated in color).
R. Velasques and C. Somorrostro, Tamayo, Mexico City, Producciones Gráficas, 1983 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, Barcelona, Ediciones Polígrafa, Second Ediiton, 1995, p. 222, no. 193 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Tamayo, Obras recientes, February 1976, no. 19.
Brought to you by
Virgilio Garza