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Rufino Tamayo
Head on Green Background (Cabeza sobre fondo verde)1979

Not on view
Horizontal print with mottled olive-green background, large copper-outlined brown circle with simplified looping face marks, pale gray torso form, and two deep burgundy rectangular blocks at lower corners

Rufino Tamayo, Head on Green Background (Cabeza sobre fondo verde), 1979, 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
Head on Green Background (Cabeza sobre fondo verde)
Date Made
1979
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
21 7/8 × 29 1/2 in. (55.56 × 74.93 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.3359
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Head on Green Background (Cabeza sobre fondo verde) 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