Lot 52
  • 52

Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Rufino Tamayo
  • Gato atrapado
  • signed and dated O-53 lower right

  • oil and sand on masonite

  • 11 3/8 by 31 1/8 in.
  • 28.9 by 79.1 cm

Provenance

Paul Shields, New York City
Knoedler & Company, New York

Exhibited

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, Gran Exposición de Pintura de Rufino Tamayo, laureado en la Bienal São Paulo, January 20-February 6, 1954, no. 16
New York, Knoedler & Company, February 24-March 20, 1954; Beverly Hills, Frank Perls Gallery, May 24-June 26, 1954; Santa Barbara, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, August 31-October 3, 1954, Tamayo, no. 3

Literature

Jorge J. Crespo de la Serna, "Artes plásticas," Revista de la Universidad de México, March 15, 1954, illustrated
"Rufino Tamayo in New Mexico," New Mexico Quarterly, Fall 1954, illustrated
Paul Westheim, Tamayo: Una Investigación Estética, Mexico, 1957, illustrated

Condition

There is a scattering of minor paint loss throughout the work. This work is in overall excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

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