Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul)

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Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul)

Edition: 39/99

1979
Prints; etchings
Etching
21 3/4 × 30 in. (55.24 × 76.2 cm)
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art (AC1997.LWN.1865)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul) was printed and published by Ediciones Polígrafa in Barcelona.

Provenance

Bernard and Edith Lewin, Rancho Mirage, California; LACMA, 1997.

Label

Hands on Blue Background alludes to the human figure by focusing on one specific body part: the hand.

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Hands on Blue Background alludes to the human figure by focusing on one specific body part: the hand. An artist’s hands are instruments used to guide the paintbrush, pencil, or crayon, and appear in Rufino Tamayo’s work throughout his career. Here, they look as if Tamayo pressed them directly on to the surface of the paper, referencing the basic ideas of printmaking in which one surface is inked in order to transfer its image to another. The smears of ink suggest the creative power of the hands themselves.


From exhibition Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation, 2019–2020 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Rachel Kaplan in the accompanying publication, pp. 56–57)
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Bibliography

  • Kaplan, Rachel. Rufino Tamayo: The Essential Figure. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.

Exhibition history

  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation Los Angeles, CA, Charles White Elementary School, December 21, 2019 - July 11, 2020
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation Pomona, CA, Millard Sheets Art Center, May 3, 2024 - May 27, 2024
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation Los Angeles, CA, Charles White Elementary School, December 21, 2019 - July 11, 2020
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation Pomona, CA, Millard Sheets Art Center, May 3, 2024 - May 27, 2024
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation Fort Worth, TX, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, November 15, 2024 - April 24, 2025
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