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Collections

Rufino Tamayo
Head on Gray Background (Cabeza en fondo gris)1979

Not on view
Vertical print with coral-pink etched lines on mottled gray ground, depicting a schematic figure with wide-brimmed hat and geometric facial features, numbered 28/95

Rufino Tamayo, Head on Gray Background (Cabeza en fondo gris), 1979, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Title
Head on Gray Background (Cabeza en fondo gris)
Date Made
1979
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
29 1/2 × 22 in. (74.93 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.1675
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Head on Gray Background (Cabeza en fondo gris) was printed and published by Ediciones Polígrafa in Barcelona.
Provenance
Bernard and Edith Lewin, Rancho Mirage, California; LACMA, 1997.
Copyright
Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY