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Rufino Tamayo
Personage on Black Background (Personaje en fondo negro)1976

Not on view
Print of a stylized gray figure with raised arms, simplified facial features, and a striped torso against a dark background, signed lower right

Rufino Tamayo, Personage on Black Background (Personaje en fondo negro), 1976, 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
Personage on Black Background (Personaje en fondo negro)
Date Made
1976
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
22 1/4 × 29 1/2 in. (56.51 × 74.93 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.1659
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Personage on Black Background (Personaje en fondo negro) 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