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Collections

Rufino Tamayo
Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul)1979

Not on view
Horizontal print on textured handmade paper with three flat open handprints in brick red over slate-blue brushed ink, numbered 35/69 and signed in pencil
Lithograph on textured handmade paper, three deep red open hands arranged across a composition of broad gray-blue brushstroke blocks on a cream ground, with ink splatters; edition number and signature visible in lower corners.
Artist or Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Mexico, 1899-1991
Title
Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul)
Date Made
1979
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
21 3/4 × 30 in. (55.24 × 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.1865
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Hands on Blue Background (Manos sobre fondo azul) was printed and published by Ediciones Polígrafa in Barcelona.
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. December 21, 2019 - July 11, 2020
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. May 3, 2024 - May 27, 2024
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. May 3, 2024 - May 27, 2024
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. November 15, 2024–April 24, 2025
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. November 15, 2024–April 24, 2025