Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Cabeza en blanco
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-72' (lower right)
oil on sand and wood
15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 25 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991)
Cabeza en blanco
signed and dated 'Tamayo, O-72' (lower right)
oil on sand and wood
15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 25 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco. Private collection, Austin. Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 29 May 1997, lot 126. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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