Tamayo, Rufino | Dos Figuras, 1973 — available on Composition Gallery

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Lithograph in colors; Hand-signed lower right in white crayon. Numbered lower left in white crayon. Ref.: Pereda 152

Dos Figuras exemplifies Rufino Tamayo's engagement with lyrical abstraction and figural suggestion within the lithographic medium. Executed in 1973 in a limited edition of seventy-five, the work demonstrates Tamayo's mastery of color relationships and compositional balance. The print celebrates the artist's distinctive voice as a Mexican modernist who successfully synthesized indigenous visual traditions with European formal innovation, creating a body of work that remains essential to twentieth-century Latin American art.

Rufino Tamayo (Mexico, 1899–1991) blended modernism with Mexican heritage, creating bold, color-driven paintings and prints. Influenced by Zapotec culture, he avoided political narratives, focusing instead on universal themes and textured surfaces. His innovative use of color and form helped redefine 20th-century Mexican art beyond muralism.

Rufino Tamayo

Dos Figuras, 1973

Name: Dos Figuras, 1973
SKU: 16959
Price: 5980.00 USD
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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Lithograph

Lithograph Lithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

Edition

Edition of 75

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Can you believe that, to say that ours is the only path when the fundamental thing in art is freedom! In art, there are millions of paths—as many paths as there are artists.

— Rufino Tamayo

Rufino Tamayo (b. 1899 Mexico, d. 1991 Mexico) was a painter and printmaker who forged a distinct path within 20th-century modern art. Blending elements of Mexican folk traditions with international modernism, his work resists overt political narratives in favor of universal themes such as humanity, cosmology, and existence. Tamayo is known for his rich color palettes, textured surfaces, and simplified, often monumental forms. Working across painting, mural, and graphic media, he developed innovative techniques, particularly in printmaking, where he helped popularize the mixografia process. Influenced by pre-Columbian art and European movements like Cubism, Tamayo created a visual language that feels both ancient and contemporary. His work situates him between cultural specificity and global abstraction, making him a key figure in redefining Mexican art beyond nationalist frameworks.

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Dos Figuras, 1973

76 x 56 cm

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