ID 821043
Lot 15 | Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
Cabeza en blanco
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-72' (lower right)
oil on sand and wood
15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 25 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
Provenance
Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco.
Private collection, Austin.
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 29 May 1997, lot 126.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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Post lot text
We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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