RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
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ID 1508329
Lot 560 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Estimate value
400000USD $ 400 000 – 600 000
Personaje en blanco
signed and dated 'Tamayo O-83' (lower right); titled and dated again 'PERSONAJE EN BLANCO 1983' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
53 x 37 ¼ in. (134.6 x 94.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by Max and Cecile Draime, 1986
Literature
J. Corredor-Matheos, Tamayo, Barcelona, 1987, n.p., no. 148 (illustrated).
M. González Avelar, et al., Rufino Tamayo: Setenta años de creación, Mexico City, 1987, n.p., no. 248.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Rufino Tamayo: Recent Works, May-July 1984, p. 27, no. 16 (illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings, 1980-1985, October-November 1985, p. 25, no. 15 (illustrated).
Youngstown, The Butler Institute of American Art, Selections from the Private Collection of David M. and Cecile Draime, April-August 2022, p. 31 (illustrated).
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: | Contemporary 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: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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