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Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Rufino Tamayo
Amantes
Lot Closed
November 19, 06:23 PM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Rufino Tamayo
1899 - 1991
Amantes
Signed Tamayo and dated 50 (upper right)
Oil on canvas
32 by 39 1/4 in. (81.3 by 99.7 cm)
Framed: 41 1/4 by 48 3/4 in. (104.8 by 123.8 cm)
Painted in 1950.
We wish to thank Juan Carlos Pereda for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.
Private Collection, Caracas (acquired from the artist)
Acquired from the above
Acquired from the above
Paul Westheim, "El arte de Tamayo: Una investigación estética," in Artes de México, no. 12, Mexico City, May 1956, n.n., illustrated in color n.p.
Paul Westheim, Tamayo: Una investigación estética, Mexico City, 1957, n.n., illustrated n.p.
Octavio Paz, Tamayo en la pintura mexicana, colección de arte núm. 6, Mexico City, 1959, no. 63, illustrated p. 59
Octavio Paz, "Transfiguraciones en plural," in Completar, April 1972, n.n., illustrated p. 18
Paul Westheim, Tamayo: Una investigación estética, Mexico City, 1957, n.n., illustrated n.p.
Octavio Paz, Tamayo en la pintura mexicana, colección de arte núm. 6, Mexico City, 1959, no. 63, illustrated p. 59
Octavio Paz, "Transfiguraciones en plural," in Completar, April 1972, n.n., illustrated p. 18