ID 1380832
Lot 36 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Estimate value
$ 180 000 – 220 000
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.
| Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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