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Rufino Tamayo
Aztlan (Aztlán)1952

Not on view
Color lithograph with a surreal figure: segmented gray torso over a wide powder-blue skirt, with a black butterfly overhead, crescent moon, and pale blue star shapes on a dark gray ground

Rufino Tamayo, Aztlan (Aztlán), 1952, 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
Aztlan (Aztlán)
Date Made
1952
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
14 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (36.83 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art
Accession Number
AC1997.LWN.77
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
Aztlan (Aztlán) is one of five lithographs Rufino Tamayo created as illustrations for the book Aztlan, songes mexicains (Aztlan, Mexican Dreams), with text by Man’ha Garreau-Dombasle. Aztlan, songes mexicains was published by La Porte Étroite in Paris and printed by Atelier Henri Peladan in Uzès, France.
Provenance
Bernard and Edith Lewin, Rancho Mirage, California; LACMA, 1997.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation. May 3, 2024 - May 27, 2024
Copyright
Art © Tamayo Heirs/ Mexico/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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