RUFINO TAMAYO | Caballo viendo la luna

Private Collection, Mexico
Galería Arvil, Mexico
Rosa María Quijano de Mendez, Mexico
Private Collection, Mexico (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 2005, lot 6) 
Acquired at the above sale 

Mexico City, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Pasaje América, Exposición de pintura de Rufino Tamayo, 1935, no. 8
San Francisco, Paul Elder Gallery, 1935. n.n.
Chicago, Katharine Kuh Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Oils and Watercolors by the Mexican Painter, 1938, n.n.
Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Tamayo: 20 años de su labor pictórica, 1948, no. 62, illustrated in the catalogue
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Three Contemporary Mexican Painters, 1948, no. 13
San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art; Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Tamayo, 1985-86, n.n. 
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Rufino Tamayo: Setenta Años de Creación, 1988, no. 43
New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970, 1988
Mexico City, Fomento Cultural Banamex, Palacio de Iturbide, El Caballo en el arte Mexicano, 1994, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Mexico City, Fundación Cultural Televisa, Rufino Tamayo: del reflejo al sueño: 1920-1950, 1995-96, no. 50, illustrated in color in the catalogue 
Biarritz, Espace Bellevue, Passion et raison d'un esprit constructif: Une conquete de l'art d'Amérique Latine: oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chappard, 2006, no. 16, illustrated in color in the catalogue 

Raquel Tibol, Nuevo Realismo y posvanguardia en las Américas, Mexico City, 2003, discussed p. 61 

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet has been hinged to the mat on the reverse along the upper edge with tape. Tape remnants are present on the reverse along each edge of the sheet. The media layer is stable, and the colors are vibrant. Light wear is present along the extreme lower edge of the sheet. Artist pinholes are present in each of the corners. Circular areas of media loss measuring approximately 1/2 inch in diameter are present in the extreme upper right and lower right corners, and a minor loss to the sheet is present in the extreme lower right corner. Areas of fine spiderweb craquelure are present in the following locations, but are stable: two one-inch circular areas in the lower left quadrant two inches from the corner; intermittent scattered one-inch spots throughout the three rocks, primarily concentrated in the darker areas of pigment.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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We wish to thank Juan Carlos Pereda for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.