Chapter XVI (Capítulo XVI)

Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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Chapter XVI (Capítulo XVI)

Mexico, 1960
Drawings
Crayon and pencil on paper
14 1/8 × 18 in. (35.88 × 45.72 cm)
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art (AC1997.LWN.71)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Signed and dated 1960 in the upper left corner, this drawing relates to a series of 15 lithographs that Rufino Tamayo created to illustrate Apocalypse de saint Jean (Apocalypse of Saint John), ...
Signed and dated 1960 in the upper left corner, this drawing relates to a series of 15 lithographs that Rufino Tamayo created to illustrate Apocalypse de saint Jean (Apocalypse of Saint John), a 1959 publication of the text originally written by Isaac-Louis Lemaistre de Sacy in 1672.
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Provenance

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