Figure with Arms Akimbo (Figura en jarras)

Latin American Modernism
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Figure with Arms Akimbo (Figura en jarras)

Edition: HC 8/15

1980
Prints; etchings
Etching
29 5/8 × 22 in. (75.25 × 55.88 cm)
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art (AC1997.LWN.3388)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

In Figure with Arms Akimbo, Rufino Tamayo distills the human form into its most basic shapes. From the head down to the legs, a single thin rectangle represents the full length of the body.

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In Figure with Arms Akimbo, Rufino Tamayo distills the human form into its most basic shapes. From the head down to the legs, a single thin rectangle represents the full length of the body. Two small light circles at the top of the rectangle create eyes, the only nod to facial features or detail. An open circle forms the curve of the arms, with slightly rounded ends to differentiate the hands placed on the figure’s hips. Among the most reduced figures that emerge in Tamayo’s work, this came to function as a sign representing a man, and subsequently appeared in prints, paintings, and even sculpture, a less common aspect of Tamayo’s production.


For more information see the catalogue entry by Rachel Kaplan in Rufino Tamayo: The Essential Figure, 2019, pp. 58–59.


Figure with Arms Akimbo (Figura en jarras) was printed and published at Ediciones Polígrafa in Barcelona.
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Provenance

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

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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