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Collections

Rufino Tamayo
Black Venus (Venus noire/Venus negra)1969

Not on view
Vertical monotype or etching of a nude standing figure in deep black ink with rust-red undertones, centered against a pale yellow rectangle flanked by dusty pink panels
Artist or Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Title
Black Venus (Venus noire/Venus negra)
Date Made
1969
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
30 × 22 1/2 in. (76.2 × 57.15 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.3183
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Part of the portfolio Mujeres (Women), Black Venus (Venus noire/Venus negra) was printed by the Atelier Desjobert in Paris and published by Touchstone Publishers in New York.
Provenance
Bernard and Edith Lewin, Rancho Mirage, California; LACMA, 1997.