LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.25 in. (112.40 cm.) (height) by 33.74 in. (85.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Tamayo and Dated 42 (Lower Left)

Exhibited:

New York, Valentine Gallery,. Rufino Tamayo: New Paintings , 1943, no. 8. . Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago,. Tamayo , 1945, no. 20. . Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas,. Tamayo: 20 años de su labor pictórica , 1948, no. 32, illustrated in the catalogue. . Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall & London, Tate Gallery, . Mexican Art from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present Day , 1952-53 (in Paris, no. 1065; in Stockholm, no. 1050; in London, no. 1043). . Mexico City, Palacio de Bellas Artes,. Exposición inaugural del Museo de Artes Plasticas del INBA , 1953, n.n., p. 68. . New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,. Rufino Tamayo: Myth and Magic , 1979, no. 28, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art & Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, . Tamayo , 1985-86, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo,. Setenta años de creación , 1987-88, no. 76. . Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía,. Rufino Tamayo: Pinturas , 1988, no. 22, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Proyecto Ciudad de México,. Modernidad y modernización en el arte mexicano, 1920-1960 , 1991-92, no. 41, illustrated in the catalogue . . Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum; Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art & Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art,. Retrospectiva Tamayo , 1993-94, no. 27, illustrated in color on the cover of the catalogue. . Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey,. Sala México revolución y revelación , 2007-08, no. 49, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Miami, Miami Art Museum & Mexico City, Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporaneo, . Tamayo: A Modern Icon, Reinterpreted , 2007-08, no. 64, illustrated in color in the catalogue. . Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Museum of American Art,. Tamayo: The New York Years , 2017-18, no. 33, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Robert Goldwater, . Rufino Tamayo, New York, 1947, no. XLII, illustrated p. 86. . Justino Fernandez,. Rufino Tamayo , Mexico City, 1948, discussed p. 15. . Justino Fernandez,. Arte moderno y contemporaneo de México , Mexico City, 1952, no. 472, illustrated p. 410. . Paul Westheim, "Ein Mexikanischer Maler: Rufino Tamayo" in. Kunst und Volk Art , no. 2, Zurich, 1952, illustrated p. 28. . Luis Cardoza y Aragón,. Pintura mexicana contemporanea , Mexico City, 1953, no. 17, illustrated n.p. . . Buró Interamericano de Arte,. Exposición de Arte Mexicano , Mexico City, 1954, illustrated p. 75 . . Paul Westheim,. Tamayo: Una investigación estética , Mexico City, 1957, illustrated in color n.p. . Raidar Revold,. Rufino Tamayo en Kunsten idag , Oslo, 1957, illustrated p. 43 . . Octavio Paz,. Tamayo en la Pintura Mexicana , Mexico City, 1959, no. 11, illustrated n.p. . Luis Cardoza y Aragón,. México: pintura activa , Mexico City, 1961, illustrated n.p. . . Justino Fernandez,. La Pintura moderna mexicana , Mexico City, 1964, illustrated n.p. . Eduardo Tamon, "Tamayo, Genio sin demagogia" in. Impacto , no. 1159, Mexico City, 1972, illustrated p. 38. . Luis Cardoza y Aragón,. Pintura contemporanea de México , Mexico City, 1974, illustrated n.p. . . Xavier Moyssén,. Los Grandes maestros de la pintura universal , Milan, 1980, discussed p. 135 . . Robert Rosenblum,. The Dog in Art: From Rococo to Post-Modernism , New York, 1988, no. 46, illustrated in color p. 89 . . Maribel Toro Gayol, "Abel Quezada and Rufino Tamayo" in. Voices of México: Mexican Perspectives on Contemporary Issues , n.n., Mexico City, 1991, illustrated in color p. 70. . Antonio Granados Valdez,. Artistas de América , Madrid, 1993, illustrated p. 89 . . Ludwig Zeller, "Rufino Tamayo" in. Huaxyacac Revista de educación , no. 8, Oaxaca, 1996, illustrated in color p. 54 . . Octavio Paz, "Tamayo en la Pintura Mexicana" in . Rufino Tamayo (exhibition catalogue). , Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1997, detail illustrated in color p. 39. . Teresa del Conde, et al.,. Tamayo, Mexico City, 1998, illustrated in color p. 80. . Teresa del Conde, et al.,. La Aparición de la Ruptura en 1900-2000: Un siglo de arte mexicano , Mexico City, 1999, discussed p. 192 . . Octavio Paz,. Rufino Tamayo, tres ensayos , Mexico City, 1999, illustrated in color p. 23. . Octavio Paz,. Rufino Tamayo , Mexico City, 2003, no. 16, illustrated in color n.p. . Norma Jiménez Ávila,. El Arte cósmico de Tamayo , Mexico City, 2010, no. 22, illustrated in color p. 84 . . Ana Torres,. Identidades pictóricas y culturales de Rufino Tamayo, ¿Un pintor de ruptura? , Mexico City, 2011, no. 8, illustrated in color p. 88 . . Beatriz Espejo, "La ruta de Rufino Tamayo" in. Revista de la Universidad de México , no. 121, Mexico City, 2014, illustrated in color p. 61

Provenance:

Valentine Gallery, New York. . Inés Amor, Mexico City. . John Huston, Beverly Hills. . Evelyn Keyes, Beverly Hills. . Frank Perls Gallery, Los Angeles. . Peter G. Wray, Scottsdale, Arizona (acquired from the above in 1977). . Otto Atencio, New York. . Acquired from the above in 1993