Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Dos mujeres
signed and dated 'Tamayo O-68' lower right
oil and sand on canvas
51½ x 38¼in. (130.7 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1968
Provenance
Olga Tamayo collection, Mexico City
Literature
Stellwell, C. "Razones y sin Razones de la Crítica en México en Artes Visuales", Revista, Museo de Arte Moderno, Chapultepec, Mexico, Winter 1973, No. 1, n.p., n.n.
Genauer, E. Rufino Tamayo, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1974, p. 129, n. 95 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Venice, XXXIV Espocizione Biennale Internazionale Di Arte Venezia, Rufino Tamayo, Mexican Ed., Programa Cultural de la XIX Olimpiada, 1968, n.p., n.n. (illustrated in color)
Mexico City, Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Gerzso, Mérida, Tamayo, INBA, Mexico, 1979, p. 120, n.n. (illustrated)
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Prof. Juan Carlos Pereda at the Museo Rufino Tamayo for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.