90th Anniversary Suite Rare, 9 Pieces, 1989

Year1989

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Mint 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromDealer 1990 

Provenance / Historybought from dealer 

Story / Additional InfoBorn in 1899, Tamayo produced the 90th Anniversary Suite to commemorate his 90th birthday. The stone lithographs were produced with master lithographer, Andrew Vlady in 1989 and 1990. The suite, noted as “an extraordinary “tour de force”, was originally planned to include 30 lithographs but Tamayo died after producing only 8. The total edition size is 168 (110 regular) the remaining are AP, HC, PP Roman. 

Certificate of AuthenticityProvenance/benavente-kelly 

LID122058

Rufino Tamayo - Mexico

Art Brokerage: Rufino Tamayo Mexican Artist: b. 1899-1991. Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo lithographs and mixographs and 125 well priced listings for sale. Mexican Artist Rufino Tamayo was one of the best known of the Latin American Mexican traditionalist artists. His exhibitions have been in major museums such as the Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, México, The Philips Collection in Washington, The Guggenheim Museum in New York, The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid as well as important art galleries throughout the world. Rufino Tamayo is well known for his mixographs, a very unique heavy etching technique. Tamayo is exhibted in museums worldwide as well as the Museo de Tamayo in Mexico City. Listings Wanted.