Rufino Tamayo, Cinco Rebanadas de Sandía

signed and dated "Tamayo O-59" upper right
oil and sand on canvas
31 7/8 x 39 1/8 in. (81 x 99.4 cm.)
Executed in 1959.

We are grateful to art historian Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.

Provenance:
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner on November 19, 1959

Exhibited:
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Tamayo, November 17 - December 12, 1959, no. 8, n.p. (detail illustrated in incorrect orientation, cover)

Literature:
"Gran Exito de la Exposición de Tamayo en Nueva York", Excélsior, Mexico City, December 22, 1959, p. 20B
Margaret Breuning, "Tamayo", ARTS Incorporating Art Digest, vol. 34, no. 3, New York, December 1959, p. 53

Making Modern: Property from the Collection of Florence Knoll Bassett