Woman from Tehuantepec

Rufino Tamayo (Mexican (active in Mexico and the United States), 1899–1991)

1937

Medium/TechniqueTransparent watercolor over graphite pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet: 28.3 x 21.6 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
Framed: 43.8 x 37.1 cm (17 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of the William H. Lane Foundation

Accession number1990.450

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ClassificationsWatercolors

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ProvenanceDecember 15, 1953, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York to William H. Lane (b. 1914 – d. 1995), Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1953, transferred to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (2 of 2), 1953: Reel 5627 (Box 72), 735.

CopyrightArt © Estate of Rufino Tamayo. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.