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Ancestro
Details
RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Ancestro
incised with artist's signature, number and date 'Tamayo O-89 2⁄3' (on the left leg)
steel with unique patina on steel base
overall: 88 3⁄8 x 34 ½ x 19 ¾ in. (224.5 x 87.6 x 50.2 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number two from an edition of three plus one artist's proof.
Ancestro
incised with artist's signature, number and date 'Tamayo O-89 2⁄3' (on the left leg)
steel with unique patina on steel base
overall: 88 3⁄8 x 34 ½ x 19 ¾ in. (224.5 x 87.6 x 50.2 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number two from an edition of three plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Private collection, Mexico City, circa 1990s
Private collection, Monterrey, 2006
Private collection, Mexico City, 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2021
Private collection, Monterrey, 2006
Private collection, Mexico City, 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2021
Exhibited
Chicago, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Sculptures and Mixographs by Rufino Tamayo, December 1990-February 1991, pp. 2-3, no. 5 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, Rufino Tamayo: Works from Six Decades, November-December 1993, n.p., no. 19 (illustrated).
New York, Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, Rufino Tamayo: Works from Six Decades, November-December 1993, n.p., no. 19 (illustrated).
Further details
We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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