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Myth & Splendor: Important Works from a Distinguished Collection

Rufino Tamayo

Cabeza

Session begins in

May 20, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Bid

45,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Myth & Splendor: Important Works from a Distinguished Collection

Rufino Tamayo

1899 - 1991


Cabeza

signed Tamayo and dated O-63 (upper right); titled (on the reverse)

oil and sand on canvas

11 ¾ by 18 ⅛ in.

30 by 46 cm.

Executed in 1963.


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

Galería de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City

Acquired from the above circa 1963 by the present owner

Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas, Rufino Tamayo Setenta Años de Creación, 1987-88, no. 124, p. 325 (titled Sol)

Alicia Pinal de Icaza, Luces en la pintura, Mexico City, 2005, p. 310, illustrated in color