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Rufino Tamayo
Airplane (Aeroplano)1925

Not on view
Horizontal abstract oil painting in slate gray and warm brown tones, with sweeping curved and angular forms suggesting a figure in motion above simplified red and brown architectural shapes
Artist or Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Mexico, 1899-1991
Title
Airplane (Aeroplano)
Date Made
1925
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 23 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (59.69 × 80.01 cm); frame: 26 1/4 × 34 × 2 in. (78.74 × 99.06 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.37
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Bernard and Edith Lewin, Rancho Mirage, California; LACMA, 1997.
Selected Bibliography
  • Ramos, E. Carmen. Tamayo: the New York Years. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2017.