RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)

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Lot 25 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)

Hombre sacando la lengua

signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-67' (lower right)

oil and sand on canvas

39 5/8 x 31 3/4 in. (100.7 x 80.7 cm.)

Painted in 1967.





Provenance

Private collection, Mexico City (acquired directly from the artist).

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 38.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, New York, 1982, no. 110 (illustrated, p. 152).

M. Rivera Velázquez and C. Somorrostro, Tamayo, Producciones Gráficas, Mexico City, 1983 (illustrated).

J. Corredor-Matheos, Tamayo, New York, 1987, no. 65 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Venice, Dirección de Relaciones Culturales de la Secretara de Relaciones Exteriores del Gobierno de México, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, XXXIV Venice Biennale, Salón de Honor para Rufino Tamayo, June-October 1968.

Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Rufino Tamayo, March-April 1975, no. 25 (illustrated).

Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art; Hachi and Hyogo, Homenaje al Maestro Rufino Tamayo, April-July 1976.

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Rufino Tamayo: Myth and Magic, May 1979, no. 78 (illustrated, p. 103).

Paris, Petit Palais; Leningrad, The Hermitage, México Ayer y Hoy (Rostro Antiguo y Contemporáneo de México), November 1981-February 1982.

Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofa, Rufino Tamayo: 70 Años de Creación (Homenaje al Artista Mexicano Rufino Tamayo), June-September 1988, no. 56 (illustrated).



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