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Women of Tehuantepec — Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991). Women of Tehuantepec, 1939. Oil on canvas, 33 7/8 x 57 1/8 inches (86 x 145 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1941 (RCA1941:21). © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

© Tamayo Heirs/Mexico / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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© Tamayo Heirs/Mexico / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Rufino Tamayo

Mexican, 1899-1991

Women of Tehuantepec, 1939

oil on canvas

support: 33 7/8 x 57 1/8 inches (86.04 x 145.1 cm); framed: 36 7/16 x 59 3/4 x 3 inches (92.55 x 151.77 x 7.62 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1941

RCA1941:21

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Inscriptions

signature, dated / lower right / Tamayo 39

Provenance

Valentine Gallery, New York, 1939-1941;
sold to the Albright Art Gallery, December 31, 1941

Class

Paintings

Work Type

Oil painting

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