$600
Rufino Tamayo (New York/Mexico, 1899 - 1991) unframed graphite drawing on paper, signed " Tamayo" to lower right. Measures 16" in height with width of 12". This piece comes without paperwork of authentication, but signature and style are consistent with those of the artist's known works. In overall good condition, all measurements are approximate. Provenance: from the estate of a prominent Texas & European collector, known to not only to have collected quite an assortment of notable art, but to have befriended a majority of the artists of whose work was acquired.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 to live with his aunt, where he later (1917) enrolled in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas at San Carlos to study art. As a student, he experimented with & was influenced by Cubism, Impressionism, & Fauvism, but with a distinctly Mexican feel. He was later appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics into his early still lives and portraits of Mexican men and women. In the early 1920s he also taught art classes in Mexico City's public schools. Despite his involvement in Mexican histo Read more…
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2017-02-18
