Lot 9
  • 9

Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)

Estimate
200,000 - 250,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rufino Tamayo
  • Mirando las estrellas (Woman and Child)
  • signed and dated O-47 upper right
  • gouache on paper
  • 28 3/4 by 22 3/4 in.
  • 73 by 58 cm

Provenance

The Alvar Carrillo Gil Collection, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico, acquired from the above circa 1950s
Private Collection, Mexico City, acquired from the above, 2002 

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Carrington, Chagall, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Lam, Mac Iver, Matta, Miró, Tamayo, Tanguy, May 18-June 5, 1948, no. 1, illustrated
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Rufino Tamayo: Setenta Años de Creación, December 1987-March 1988, no. 83, p. 323
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Rufino Tamayo, Tamayo en papel: Una posición ante la critica y el mercado, 1926–1959, August 23-November 18, 2001, no. 25, p. 35, illustrated in color

Literature

Ana Garduño, El poder del coleccionismo de arte: Alvar Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, 2009, p. 621

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The colors are vibrant, and the media layer is stable. Artist pinholes are present in each of the four corners. Three minor spots of pigment loss are present in the lower center and center right quadrants, in the arm and body of the child. Additional minor spots of pigment loss are present along the extreme edges of the sheet, likely due to frame abrasion. This painting will be exhibited at Sotheby's in a frame on loan from Diego Salazar Antique Frames. This frame is available for purchase. Please contact the Latin American Art Department for more details.
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Catalogue Note

Entre el cielo y la tierra está el hombre con su ansia del infinito. 

Between heaven and earth is man, longing for infinity. 

-Rufino Tamayo in Tamayo: Su idea del hombre, Mexico City, 1999, pp. 22-23