1966.84: United Family

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.84

People

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (Oaxaca Mexico 1899 - 1991 Mexico City)

Title

United Family

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1953

Culture

Mexican

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227999

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on composition board

Dimensions

28.58 x 79.69 cm (11 1/4 x 31 3/8 in.)
framed: 31.12 x 81.92 x 4.13 cm (12 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: u.l.: Tamayo

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Harold Gershinowitz, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Harold Gershinowitz

Copyright

© Rufino Tamayo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.84

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Tamayo, exh. cat., Phoenix Art Museum and Friends of Mexican Art (Phoenix, AZ, 1968), no. 56, p. 105, reproduced in b/w p. 66
• Rufino Tamayo: Fifty Years of His Painting, exh. cat., The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C, 1978), no. 18, p. 25; reproduced in b/w p. 43

Exhibition History

• Tamayo, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 02/13/1968 - 03/31/1968
• Rufino Tamayo: Fifty Years of His Paintings, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 10/07/1978 - 11/16/1978; The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 01/06/1979 - 02/17/1979

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