Harvard Art Museums > 1978.84: Man Searching the Heavens Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Man Searching the Heavens (Rufino Tamayo) , 1978.84,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/227875. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1978.84 People Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (Oaxaca Mexico 1899 - 1991 Mexico City) Title Man Searching the Heavens Other Titles Original Language Title: Hombre escudriñando el firmamento Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1949 Culture Mexican Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/227875 Location Location Level 1, Room 1320, Modern and Contemporary Art, Social Realism View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions sight: 100.01 x 70.17 cm (39 3/8 x 27 5/8 in.) framed: 102.87 x 72.71 x 4.76 cm (40 1/2 x 28 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: u.r.: Tamayo, Signed Date: 49 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Millicent Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978. NOTE: Provenance from a letter written by Mr. Gershinowitz, dated 15 March 1978, in the curatorial file. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz Copyright © Rufino Tamayo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1978 Object Number 1978.84 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Octavio Paz, Rufino Tamayo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico, 1959), reproduced, pl. 55 Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 12, cat. 66 E. Carmen Ramos, Tamayo: The New York Years, exh. cat., Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington DC and London, 2017), pp. 134-135, 157, fig. 42, ill. (color) Exhibition History American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994 The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/02/2023 - 01/01/2050 Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 03/05/2015 - 06/07/2015 Tamayo: The New York Years, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 11/03/2017 - 03/18/2018 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
