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Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)

Hombre de la cafetera

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Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991)
Hombre de la cafetera
signed and dated 'Tamayo O-60' (lower right) and titled 'HOMBRE DE LA CAFETERA' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
51 x 76½ in. (129.5 x 194.3 cm.)
Painted in 1960.

The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art.
Gift from the above to the present owner.

Rufino Tamayo in 'Mainichi Newspaper', Tokyo, Shirogane Keihin Kan Hall, 1963, no. 23 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, 1964, no. 35 (illustrated).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, 1st ed. Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1982, p. 103, no. 58 (illustrated in color).
Rufino Tamayo, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, B. Lewin Galleries, 1983, p. 62-63 (illustrated in color).
O. Paz and J. Lassaigne, Rufino Tamayo, 2nd ed. Ediciones
Polígrafa, S.A., 1995, p. 105, no. 58 (illustrated in color).
D. Bayón, Hacia Tamayo, Mexico City, Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, 1995, p. 64 (illustrated in color).

New York, M. Knoedler and Co. Inc., 15 May - 9 June 1962.
Jerusalem, Bezalel National Museum, Rufino Tamayo: Recent Paintings 1962- 1963, 1963, no. 11. This exhibiton also traveled to Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavillion; Haifa, Museum of Modern Art Haifa, and Ein Harod, Mishkan Le-Omanut Museum.
Tokyo, Shirogane Keihin Kah Hall, Rufino Tamayo, 11 September- 6 October 1963, no. 23.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Rufino Tamayo, September 1964, no. 35.
Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, B. Lewin Galleries, Rufino Tamayo, 1983, no. 63.
Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Rufino Tamayo, January- March 1986, no. 59.
Santa Ana, California, The Modern Museum of Art, Rufino Tamayo, September 19- November 30, 1987, no. 20.

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We are grateful to Art Historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

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