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Rufino Tamayo
Red Chair (La silla roja)1983

Not on view
Oil painting of a schematic nude figure in ochre and black standing beside a red wooden chair against a mottled rose-pink wall

Rufino Tamayo, Red Chair (La silla roja), 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Mexico, 1899-1991
Title
Red Chair (La silla roja)
Date Made
1983
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
52 1/2 × 37 in. (133.4 × 94 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.12
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Bernard and Edith Lewin, Rancho Mirage, California; LACMA, 1997.
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Rachel. Rufino Tamayo: The Essential Figure. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
Copyright
Art © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY