RUFINO TAMAYO

Details
RUFINO TAMAYO

Personaje de Pie

signed and dated Tamayo O-72 lower right--pencil and watercolor on Arches paper
13 x 10 3/8in. (33 x 26.4cm.)

Drawn in 1972 (3)
Provenance
Galería Central de Arte Moderno Misrachi, Mexico City
Private collection, Zurich

Lot Essay

This lot is accompanied by a copy of the book Arte Prehispánico de Mexico, Colección Rufino Tamayo, Ediciones Galería Misrachi, Mexico, 1973, numbered 16 of an edition of 100 and signed by the artist. The outline of the drawing executed in tooled leather is used to illustrate the cover of the book. The lot also includes the aluminum mold used to make the impression on the cover.

This drawing depicts a figure from the late classic period, Center of Veracruz.