Art %C2%A9 Tamayo Heirs %2F Mexico %2F Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C NY
Mujer india, 1959
Rufino Tamayoexpand_more
Color lithographexpand_more
Gift of Mr. Marvin Small, 1961expand_more P.12,854
Not on Viewexpand_more
These colors may not recall the typical Mexican palette, but they are Mexican nonetheless. They are the paint colors that villagers use on their houses, Rufino Tamayo says. "These are very cheap colors, the only ones the people can afford." This synthesis of old and new Mexico marks Tamayo's work. As a young man in 1921 he was head of the ethnographic drawing department at Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology. His office was in the middle of the pre-Columbian collections. That and his Zapotec Indian parentage led to a personal style of primitivism. His highly textured figures, says one critic, have a "flayed, corroded, vibrating look."
Details
- Title
- Mujer india
- Artist Life
- 1899 - 1991
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.12,854
- Provenance
- Marvin Small, New York; given to MIA, 1961.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Pereda 55
- Curator Approved
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Art © Tamayo Heirs / Mexico / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY