- Title
- Figure on Stucco (Figura sobre estuco)
- Date Made
- 1976
- Medium
- Mixografía® print on Arches paper
- Dimensions
- 30 × 22 1/4 in. (76.2 × 56.51 cm)
- Accession Number
- AC1997.LWN.3310
- Collecting Area
- Latin American Art
- Curatorial Notes
In 1974 Luis Remba, founder of the Taller de Gráfica Mexicana (Mexican Graphic Arts Workshop) in Mexico City, invited Rufino Tamayo to collaborate. At the time, Tamayo was eager to find a way to incorporate more texture and volume into his prints. Remba devoted himself to finding a solution to attract Tamayo to the workshop. The result of Remba’s endeavor led to a groundbreaking printmaking technique that came to be known as Mixografia. Remba asked Tamayo to draw directly on wax plates. Remba then cast a copper plate that captured the mirror image of the wax plate and imparted texture and details. The copper plate was inked and printed to create the final image. Figure on Stucco belongs to this early period of experimentation. The new technique and careful application of ink give the effect of the figure having been carved into a stucco wall.
For more information see the catalogue entry by Rachel Kaplan in Rufino Tamayo: The Essential Figure, 2019, pp. 48–49.
- 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
