Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)

Private Collection, Mexico
Private Collection, New York

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Tamayo: 20 Años de Su Labor Pictórica, June-September 1948, no.2, illustrated

Robert Goldwater, Rufino Tamayo, New York, 1947, no. v, p. 48, illustrated
Antonio Rodríguez, "El Drama de la pintura," Mañana!, July 3, 1948, p. 60, illustrated
Gilberto González Contreras, "El Mes en la Arquitectura y las Artes Plásticas en Espacio," Revista Integral de Arquitectura y Artes Plásticas, September 1948, illustrated
Ceferino Palencia, Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, 1950, no. 18, illustrated
Paul Westheim, Tamayo: Una investigación estética, Mexico City, 1957, illustrated

This painting is in beautiful condition. The canvas is unlined and appears to be still stretched on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable, clean and appears to be lightly varnished. There seem to be no restorations. The painting should be hung as is. This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.
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We wish to thank Juan Carlos Pereda for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.