$550
Rufino Tamayo (New York/Mexico, 1899 - 1991) unframed mixed media drawing depicting two standing figures in black, white, & red. Signed to the top right "R Tamayo", and measuring 24" in height with width of 18". In overall good condition, all measurements are approximate. This piece comes without paperwork of authentication, but signature and style are consistent with those of the artist's known works. Provenance: from the estate of a prominent Texas collector, known to not only to have collected quite an amazing assortment of notable art, but to have befriended a vast majority of the artists of whose work was acquired.It is our recommendation that all pieces must be examined in person by perspective clients or a dealer they have asked to give them a condition report. This is consistent with our terms of sale that all goods are sold as is and all sales are final.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 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2017-06-17
