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Rufino Tamayo
Man with Open Arms: The Preacher (Hombre con brazos abiertos: el predicador)1984

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Vertical print with deckled edges showing a dark, abstracted human figure with arms raised wide against a mottled rose-pink and slate-blue background
Print on handmade paper with deckled edges; dark silhouette of a stylized human figure with arms raised and outstretched against a mottled pink-to-blue gradient background above a black horizontal band.

Rufino Tamayo, Man with Open Arms: The Preacher (Hombre con brazos abiertos: el predicador), 1984, 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
Man with Open Arms: The Preacher (Hombre con brazos abiertos: el predicador)
Date Made
1984
Medium
Mixografía® print on handmade paper
Dimensions
35 × 26 1/2 in. (88.9 × 67.31 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.1653
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Man with Open Arms: The Preacher (Hombre con brazos abiertos: el predicador) was printed by the Taller de Gráfica Mexicana in Mexico City.
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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. December 21, 2019 - July 11, 2020
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. May 3, 2024 - May 27, 2024
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. November 15, 2024–April 24, 2025
Copyright
Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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