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Collection Online as of April 21, 2024

Woman and Bird

Woman and Bird

1944
(Mexican, 1899–1991)
Mexico, 20th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 123.2 x 102.9 x 6.2 cm (48 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.); Unframed: 106.5 x 86 cm (41 15/16 x 33 7/8 in.)
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1950.583
© Tamayo Heirs / Mexico / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism

Description

Rufino Tamayo's work often combined his indigenous Zapotec and Mexican background with his interest in European modernism. The color scheme in Woman and Bird is evocative of pre-Columbian pottery, which the artist collected, while the scene's collapsed plane references Tamayo's interest in Cubism.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 200 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 200 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 247 archive.org
  • Rufino Tamayo: Myth and Magic. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (May 18-August 19, 1979).
    20th Century Mexican Painting. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 3, 1972).
    CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969
    Works from the Contemporary Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).
    Rufino Tamayo. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (organizer) (March 1-31, 1968).
    Segunda Bienal Interamericana de México. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ciudad de México, Mexico (September 5-December 1, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Woman and Bird|url=false|author=Rufino Tamayo|year=1944|access-date=21 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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