Rufino Tamayo Lithograph - "Mujer Sonriente" (1989)

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  Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991). "Mujer Sonriente". A limited edition color lithograph by Rufino Tamayo, hand signed at the lower right and hand numbered (1/111) to the left of this signature. Tamayo is one of the most respected early modern Mexican artists along with his peers Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco. This composition speaks to the artist's embrace of Surrealism. Tamayo presented a stylized flat figural form who seems to rise in the space, her nightmarish presence, almost that of a ghostly specter with pale white flesh, bulging eyes with tiny pinpoint pupils, and no visible limbs. To the left is a leafless, stunted tree that underscores the macabre of the scene. Size: image 28" W x 22" H (71.1 cm x 55.9 cm); sheet 32" W x 26" H (81.3 cm x 66 cm); framed 46" W x 39.75" H (116.8 cm x 101 cm)
  
  Rufino Tamayo was an innovator known for his graphic work in several media including etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, aquatints, and mixografia prints. Tamayo emerged as an artist in the early 20th century when a nationalist movement known as "indigenismo" was very popular among Mexican modernists who were inspired by the indigenous cultures of their heritage. In addition to being a prolific visual artist, Tamayo was a pure Zapotec Indian who subscribed to the philosophy of indigenismo and also became head of the department of ethnographic drawing at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City in 1926. He studied at the Academy of San Carlos from 1917 to 1922 and moved to New York City in 1937 where he showed at Knoedler and Marlborough Galleries. Tamayo was also embraced by the international community at the 1950 Venice Biennale where he exhibited his paintings. He then lived in Paris for ten years before returning to his native Mexico where he erected a museum in his home town of Oaxaca. Rufino Tamayo's work as a painter, muralist, and printmaker represents the oeuvre of a true exemplar of the rich Mexican fine art tradition. His work has been displayed all over the globe in reputable museums including The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. This piece is a wonderful example from his remarkable body of work.
  
  See another "Mujer Sonriente" (1989) of the same dimensions at the Museo Tamayo Collection (GBD54 FORT).
  
  Provenance: ex-private La Jolla, California, USA collection; purchased in 1970s in an art gallery in Tijuana, Mexico
  
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  #151606

  Condition

  Has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be in excellent condition. Hand signed at the lower right and hand numbered (1/111) to the left of this signature
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