



PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA
Lot 82
RUFINO TAMAYO(1891-1991)El hombre y el pájaro
6 December 2022, 14:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$6,375 inc. premium
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Preeya Franklin
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Flannery Gallagher
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Emily Wilson
Specialist/Head of Sale
RUFINO TAMAYO (1891-1991)
El hombre y el pájaro
signed and dated 'Tamayo 50' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated 'El hombre y el pájaro 1950 Para Margo con cariño R. Tamayo' (verso)
graphite on paper
12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in (32 x 22 cm)
Executed in 1950
signed and dated 'Tamayo 50' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated 'El hombre y el pájaro 1950 Para Margo con cariño R. Tamayo' (verso)
graphite on paper
12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in (32 x 22 cm)
Executed in 1950
Footnotes
We are grateful to Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Provenance
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 25, 1997, lot 267.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Guadalajara, La Galería Arquitac, Exposición de dibujos y litografías de Rufino Tamayo, September 1951, no. 14.
The present work is a preparatory drawing for the painting Danza de la alegría (Dance of Joy), 1950.