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Figura de Hombre en Gris - Rufino Tamayo


Artwork: Rufino Tamayo | Figura de Hombre en Gris

22" x 29.5"
1973
Lithograph, Color Lithograph
SOLD
From the series Rufino Tamayo 15 Lithografias

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mexican, 1899 - 1991

A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo’s father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually ‘mestizo’ – of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business.

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