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

Hombre

Details
Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Hombre
signed and dated 'Tamayo O-79' (lower left) titled and dated 'Hombre 1980' (on the reverse)
acrylic and sand on canvas
51 ¼ x 37 ¼ in. (130.2 x 94.6 cm.)
Painted in 1979.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Fernando Botero, New York.
Stichting Fondation, Veranneman, Belgium.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 17 May 1993, lot 45.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 1994, lot 71.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
O. Paz & J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, New York, Rizzoli, 1982, p. 275, no. 254.
O. Paz & J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, New York, Rizzoli, 1994, p. 277, no. 254.
Exhibited
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings, 5 November - 2 December 1981, p. 26, no. 4 (illustrated in color).
Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo: 70 años de creación, December 1987 - March 1988, p. 294 (illustrated in color).
Miami, Quintana Gallery, Latin American Masters (Fernando Botero, Claudio Bravo, Alfredo Castañeda, José Gamarra, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Armando Morales, Rufino Tamayo, Joaquín Torres García), May - June 1996, (illustrated in color).
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mexican Masterpieces from the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection, 23 November 1997 - 23 February 1998.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.

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