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Collections

Rufino Tamayo
Hieratic Figure (Figura hierática)1979

Not on view
Abstract vertical print with a brick-red column and two circular loops rising from a dark ground against a mottled burnt-orange field, numbered 37/44 and signed in pencil

Rufino Tamayo, Hieratic Figure (Figura hierática), 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
Hieratic Figure (Figura hierática)
Date Made
1979
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
29 5/8 × 22 in. (75.2475 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.3382
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Hieratic Figure (Figura hierática) 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