Lot 105
  • 105

Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Rufino Tamayo
  • Esfera flotante
  • signed and dated O-70 lower right
  • oil and sand on canvas
  • 14 by 19 3/4 in.
  • 35.5 by 50.2 cm

Provenance

Perls Galleries, New York
Dr and Mrs Harry Weinstock, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 19, 1991, lot 5, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Aspen

Exhibited

New York, Perls Galleries, Rufino Tamayo. Oil Paintings 1970-1971, November 9-December 11, 1971, no. 19, illustrated
Paris, Musée d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Tamayo Peintures 1960-1974, November 22, 1974-February 2, 1975, no. 40
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Rufino Tamayo, March 1-April 30, 1975, no. 45, p. 83, illustrated in color

Literature

Jose Corredo Mateos, Tamayo, Barcelona, 1987, no. 78, p. 127, illustrated in color
Octavio Paz and Jacques Lassaigne. Rufino Tamayo. Barcelona, 1994, no. 123, p. 164, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in original condition. The canvas is unlined and well stretched. There is no varnish or retouches. It should be hung in its current state. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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