Description: Outstanding 1959 lithograph from the "Apocalypse of St. John" portfolio by important Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991). From Hecho a Mano: Rufino Tamayo, a Mexican artist of Zapotec descent, combined European painting styles and Mexican folk motifs in his paintings and prints. He is widely accepted today as one of the most important artists in Mexican art history. This exhibition at Hecho a Mano consists of lithographs created between 1950 and 1980. Tamayo admired the works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Henri Matisse and developed a strong interest in pre-Columbian art while working at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. He reacted against the political overtones of the Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco; instead, he was concerned with form and symbolism, and combining Mexican styles with Cubism and Surrealism. Due to this choice, he was seen by some as a "traitor" to the political cause, and he felt he could not freely express his art, so in 1926, he decided to leave Mexico and move to New York. “Art is a means of expression that must be understood by everybody, everywhere,” he stated. “It grows out of the earth, the textures of our lives, and our experience.” Eventually returning to Mexico in 1959, he founded the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in his birthplace of Oaxaca during the early 1980s. The artist continued to produce some of his most compelling works right up until his death on June 24, 1991 in Mexico City, Mexico at the age of 91. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others. This lithograph was published in 1959 in a limited edition of 255 impressions. It is unsigned but is numbered 199/255 lower left. The print measures 13" x 10" (paper size) and is in good condition. Unframed. Please visit my Ebay Store for more paintings and prints.
Price: 399 USD
Location: Franklin, Massachusetts
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1959
Signed: Yes
Style: Abstract, Mexican, Social Realism
Theme: Bible
Production Technique: Lithography
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: Mexico
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959
