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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

Rufino Tamayo, Airplane (Aeroplano), 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.
Copyright
Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY