Artist Monograph

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican

Mexican, 1899–1991

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 69 90.8%
Oil Painting 4 5.3%
Printmaking 1 1.3%
Other Media 1 1.3%
Watercolor 1 1.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 72 94.7%
Painting & Sculpture 4 5.3%

Production by Decade

1
1930s
3
1940s
40
1950s
27
1960s
2
1970s
3
1980s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 38
  • Print — 34
  • Painting — 4

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)3647.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)3748.7%
Large (1–3 m)33.9%

Range: 10.3 cm → 177.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19421
19431
19512
19551
19581
19612
196435
19671
196926
19782
19831
19863

Mexican Contemporaries

  1. 251 José Guadalupe Posada
  2. 159 Leopoldo Méndez
  3. 94 Diego Rivera
  4. 79 José Luis Cuevas
  5. 66 Alfredo Zalce