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Property from a Private Collection

Rufino Tamayo

Ramo de geranios

Session begins in

May 14, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD

Bid

1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Rufino Tamayo

1899 - 1991


Ramo de geranios

signed Tamayo and dated 85 (lower right); titled and dated 1985 (on the reverse)

oil and sand on canvas

49 by 70 ⅛ in.

124.5 by 178.1 cm.

Executed in 1985.


We wish to thank Juan Carlos Pereda for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.

Please note, the correct medium for this work is oil and sand on canvas.

Glen Larson, Los Angeles

Latin American Masters, Los Angeles

Acquired from the above in 1991 by the present owner

Xiang Xiaosheng, Tamayo, Jiangxi, 1995, p. 107, illustrated in color

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings 1980-85, 1985, no. 18, p. 19, illustrated in color

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo and Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Rufino Tamayo: 70 Años de Creación, 1987-88, no. 253, p. 327

Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Rufino Tamayo: Pinturas, 1988, no. 77, p. 222, illustrated in color