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Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo had over 1300 oil paintings. He also worked in a variety of other mediums, but most of his work was done with vibrantly colored oil paint and this is the highlight of his legacy. Browse an array of authentic Rufino Tamayo pieces and prints on 1stDibs.
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Paisaje con Luna, Surrealist Mixografia by Rufino Tamayo
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (1899 - 1991) - Paisaje con Luna, Year: 1977, Medium: Mixografia on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in crayon, Edition: 16/100, Size: 19.75 x 27.25 in. (...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Iron Cross
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Rufino Tamayo
Title: Iron Cross
Year: 1988
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered CCXLV/CCC in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: 22.5 x 30...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Hombre contemplando la luna" original etching
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as the frontispiece of the deluxe edition of Rober...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Venus Noir
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "venus Noir" from the suite "The Mujeres File" 1969 is an original colors lithograph on BFK Rives paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is h...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rufino Tamayo Mixografia “Hombre En Negro, ” circa 1976
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mixografia “Man in Black” by well-known Mexico artist Rufino Tamayo (1891-1991).
Signed “R. Tamayo” in pencil lower right. Numbered in pencil “60/140" lower left.
In excellent unfram...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Other Medium
Nino Con Pajaros (Variant)
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Nino Con Pajaros" Variant, 1976, is a color etching on Guarro paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is hand signed and numbered 40/75 in black crayon by the artist. Published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain. The artwork (sheet) size is 29.5 x 22 inches, framed size is 41.25 x 33.75 inches. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Pereda, plate #199 page 169. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with light beige fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
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.
In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching

