$1,200
Rufino Tamayo (New York/Mexico, 1899 - 1991) unframed mixed media depicting a semi-abstract geometric figure of a man lined in black on a red background. Tamayo created a series of "Cabeza" pieces primarily throughout the 1960s and 1970s. This piece comes without paperwork of authentication, but signature and style are consistent with those of the artist's known works. In overall good condition. Measures approximately 20" in height by 16" in width and is signed "R Tamayo 0.81" to the upper right hand corner. Provenance: from the estate of a prominent Texas collector, known to not only to have collected quite an assortment of notable art, but to have befriended a vast majority of the artists of whose work was acquired. Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico. Following the death of his parents, he moved to Mexico City and enrolled in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas at San Carlos to study art in 1917 where he was influenced by Cubism, Impressionism and Fauvism. He integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics into his early still lives and portraits of Mexican men and women. The first exhibition of Tamayo's work in the United States was held at the Weyhe Gallery, New York, in 1926. In 1943 Tamayo painted his first mural in the United States at the Hillyer Art Library at Smith College. Tamayo and his wife Olga moved to Paris in 1949, and the French government named him Chevalier and Officier de la Légio
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2017-01-21
