Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)

Morton D. May, St. Louis
The City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May 22, 1986, lot 17, illustrated in color
Bernard and Edith Lewin, Beverly Hills
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (gift of the above)
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Sale, November 15, 2005, lot 12, illustrated in color
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Cincinatti, Cincinatti Art Museum, Exhibiton of Paintings by the Mexican Artist Rufino Tamayo, January 10-February 3, 1947, no. 7
Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Tamayo en la II Bienal Interamericana de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado de México: 50 obras, September-November, 1960, no. 23, illustrated
Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum and Friends of Mexican Art, Rufino Tamayo, March, 1968, p. 39, no. 39, illustrated
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexican Masterpieces from the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection, November 23, 1997-July 26, 1998, p. 152, no. 80

Paul Westheim, "Tamayo en la II Bienal Interamericana de México: 50 obras," Artes de México, No. 35, Volume VI, Mexico City, 1961, n.n., illustrated
Sofia Verea Bernal, "Los Niños en el Arte Moderno," Artes de México, Mexico City, 1970, p. 85, illustrated
Rufino Tamayo: Adendum for Book Rufino Tamayo Collection of Bernard Lewin Galleries: Drawings, Gouaches and Oil Paintings from 1925 to 1987, Beverly Hills/Palm Springs, p. 27, illustrated in color

This painting is in beautiful condition. It seems to still be stretched on the original stretcher or at least it is un-lined and there are no reinforcements around the edges. The paint layer has probably never been cleaned yet it does not appear to be dirty or varnished. Although the paint layer is slightly uneven in its sheen here and there, there is no particular reason to varnish the picture. There are no retouches and although there are a few isolated light specks in the lower right corner, which may be small losses, the remainder of the picture is in beautiful condition and could be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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