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Rufino Tamayo
Friend of the Birds (Amigo de los pájaros)1944

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Oil painting of a stylized seated figure in dark blue-gray tones, head tilted back, facing a cluster of angular crimson bird-like forms floating in an amber-gold background
Artist or Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Mexico, 1899-1991
Title
Friend of the Birds (Amigo de los pájaros)
Date Made
1944
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
32 1/2 × 43 1/2 in. (82.6 × 110.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.40
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Copyright
Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY