RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)

Lot 36
28.02.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 36 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Estimate value
$ 180 000 – 220 000
RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Head in Blue (also titled Fantasía)
signed and dated ‘Tamayo O-61’ (upper left); titled 'Head in Blue' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
18 x 21 ½ in. (45.7 x 54.6 cm.)
Painted in 1961.




Provenance

Oscar Herner, Galería Iturbide S.A., Mexico City
Private collection, Ohio
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 2 June 2000, lot 182
Private collection, Mexico City (acquired at the above sale)
Galería Quetzalli, Oaxaca, Mexico
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Exhibited

New York, Knoedler Galleries, Tamayo, 15 May-9 June 1962, n. 16.



Further details

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