ID 1209379
Lot 12 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Estimate value
$ 350 000 – 550 000
Tamayo, R.
Buscador de estrellas (Star Gazer)
signed and dated 'Tamayo, 56' (upper right)
oil and Vinylite on canvas
39 ¾ x 31 ¾ in. (101 x 80.6 cm.)
Painted in 1956.
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Rober Windfohr, Fort Worth, Texas
Glen A. Larson, Los Angeles
Joseph Mirisola, New York
Latin American Masters Gallery, Beverly Hills
Anon sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1988, lot 29
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Literature
P. Westheim, Tamayo: A Study in Esthetics, 1957 (illustrated).
“Turnout for Art in Texas,” Life Magazine, 29 April 1957, V. 42, N. 17, p. 168 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz, Tamayo en la pintura Mexicana, 1959, p. 104 (illustrated).
E. Genauer, Rufino Tamayo, 1974, no. 43 (illustrated).
J. Alanis and S. Urrutia, Rufino Tamayo: Una cronología, 1899-1987, 1987, no. 49, p. 72 (illustrated).
L. Langley, "TV Producer Glen A. Larson's Art Collection," Antiques and Fine Arts, April 1987 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Galería Antonio Souza, Tamayo: Exposición de los últimos cuadros, September 1956.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Recent Works By Rufino Tamayo, 30 October-17 November 1956.
San Antonio, McNay Art Museum, Fifty Paintings from Fifty Texas Collections, April 1957.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, More/Less, December 2018-November 2019.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, From Day to Day, December 2019-September 2020.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, A Possible Horizon, September 2020-November 2021.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, There Is Always One Direction, November 2021-November 2022.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Together, at the Same Time, November 2022-November 2023.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, House in Motion / New Perspectives, December 2023-March 2024.
Further Details
We are grateful to Professor Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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