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Property of an Important Patron of the Arts

Rufino Tamayo

Figura en negro

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an Important Patron of the Arts

Rufino Tamayo

1899 - 1991


Figura en negro

signed Tamayo and dated O-76 (upper right); titled and dated 1976 (on the reverse)

oil and sand on canvas

39 ¼ by 31 ⅞ in.

99.7 by 81 cm.

Executed in 1976.


We wish to thank Juan Carlos Pereda for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above on 7 February 1978 by the present owner
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo, 1977, no. 59
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo Recent Paintings, 1977, no. 10, p. 18, illustrated in color
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo and Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo: 70 años de creación, 1987-88, no. 619, p. 259, illustrated in color
Berlin, Staatliche Kunstalle, Rufino Tamayo, 1990, no. 117, p. 235, illustrated in color
Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Los Privilegios de la Vista, Arte del Siglo XX - II, 1990, no. 100, p. 217, illustrated in color 
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Tamayo, su idea del hombre, 1999, no. 42, p. 76, illustrated in color
Juan Acha, "El animismo cromático de Rufino Tamayo," Art International, vol. XXI, issue 5, October - November 1977, p. 15, illustrated in color
Luis Suarez, "Presencia y Potencia de Tamayo en Nueva York," Siempre!, 25 January 1978, n.p., illustrated in color