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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.84
People
Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (Oaxaca Mexico 1899 - 1991 Mexico City)
Title
United Family
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1953
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227999

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on composition board
Dimensions
28.58 x 79.69 cm (11 1/4 x 31 3/8 in.)
framed: 31.12 x 81.92 x 4.13 cm (12 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.l.: Tamayo

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harold Gershinowitz, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Harold Gershinowitz
Copyright
© Rufino Tamayo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.84
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Tamayo, exh. cat., Phoenix Art Museum and Friends of Mexican Art (Phoenix, AZ, 1968), no. 56, p. 105, reproduced in b/w p. 66
  • Rufino Tamayo: Fifty Years of His Painting, exh. cat., The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C, 1978), no. 18, p. 25; reproduced in b/w p. 43

Exhibition History

  • Tamayo, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 02/13/1968 - 03/31/1968
  • Rufino Tamayo: Fifty Years of His Paintings, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 10/07/1978 - 11/16/1978; The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 01/06/1979 - 02/17/1979

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