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Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection

Rufino Tamayo

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November 17, 10:26 PM GMT

Estimate

350,000 - 450,000 USD

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Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection

Rufino Tamayo

1899 - 1991

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signed Tamayo and dated O-56 (lower right) 

oil and sand on canvas

31 3/4 by 39 5/8 in.

80.6 by 100.6 cm.

Executed in 1956.


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

M. Knoedler & Co, New York 
Marcel Roche, Caracas (acquired from the above in 1960) 
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (acquired from the above in 1965) 
Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above) 
Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1981, lot 51 (consigned by the above) 
CDS Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) 
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982 
Miguel Salas Anzures & Vicente Rojo, eds., Artes de Mexico, El Arte de Tamayo, no. 12, Mexico City, 1956, n.p., illustrated
Paul Westheim, Tamayo, Mexico City, 1956, n.p., illustrated
Octavio Paz, Tamayo, Mexico City, 1959, no. 103, n.p., illustrated