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Rufino Tamayo Pastel on Paper, Reptilian Alien Swallowing a Phoenix (110367)

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Rufino Tamayo Pastel on Paper, Reptilian Alien Swallowing a Phoenix  (110367)
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Signed by artist on lower right corner. Measures 9.4" x 7.5". Ornately carved, gold-painted wood frame canvas matting and glass. Fascinating drawing of a reptilian like creature in a scuffle with a red bird, possibly a Phoenix. At first glance it may seem the creature is breathing fire or swallowing the red bird, but on closer examination it appears the monster is in distress and maybe the bird is attacking him as he looks slightly disheveled and possibly injured or wounded. Mexican Artist, Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) was a painter and print maker known for his large scale murals and vivid use of color. Like Diego Rivera, David Alfar Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco, Tamayo helped garner international attention for artwork from Mexico. Born in Oaxaca, Tamayo left the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts after a year of study and began to school himself on different techniques, with a variety of mediums, influenced by his pre-Columbian heritage, as well as Cubism and Surrealism. He lived and produced artwork in New York in the 1930s but eventually he returned to Mexico in 1959 and founded the Museo Tamayo Arte Conemporaneo in Mexico City and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in his hometown of Oaxaca. During the 1980s he produced some of his most compelling works. "Art is a means of expression that must be understood by everybody, everywhere" he stated; "It grows out of the earth, the textures of our lives, and our experience." Rufino Tamayo died in 1991 at the age of 91. Today his works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others. This piece was purchased from a private estate sale in South Carolina.

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