Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Rufino Tamayo
Amantes
Auction Closed
May 14, 06:49 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Rufino Tamayo
1899 - 1991
Amantes
signed Tamayo and dated 50 (upper right)
oil on canvas
32 by 39 ¼ in.
81.3 by 99.7 cm.
Executed in 1950.
We wish to thank Juan Carlos Pereda for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.
Private Collection, Caracas (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paul Westheim, "El arte de Tamayo: Una investigación estética," Artes de México, no. 12, May 1956, n.p., illustrated in color
Paul Westheim, Tamayo: Una investigación estética, Mexico City, 1957, n.n., n.p., illustrated
Octavio Paz, Tamayo en la pintura mexicana, colección de arte núm. 6, Mexico City, 1959, no. 63, p. 59, illustrated
Octavio Paz, "Transfiguraciones en plural," Completar, April 1972, p. 18, illustrated
Urbana, University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts, Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1951, no. 124, illustrated
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Rufino Tamayo: Paintings, 1951, no. 11
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