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Quetzalcoatl
197927 x 51 1/2 in. (68.6 x 130.8 cm)
Rufino Tamayo
Mexico (Oaxaca, Mexico, 1899 - 1991, Mexico City)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Mixograph on handmade paper
Credit Line:
Hilda Coates Fund
Accession Number:
1986.8
Location: Not currently on view
Artists Proofs:
7B.A.T.: 70
Printers Proofs: 7
Rufino Tamayo is considered by many to be the father figure of contemporary Mexican art. Although he lived in New York City and Paris for many years, Tamayo’s work was always informed by his deep affinity for his own Zapotec Indian culture. The subject of this print is Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent who in Zapotec mythology was the god of the winds. Tamayo, a master printmaker, found mixographs particularly suited to his personal style. Using a wax slab rather than a conventional metal plate or stone, the mixograph technique allows the artist to create a painterly, textured surface.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Master Prints from Upstate New York Museums Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art 3/17/1995 - 7/20/1996
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Author: Schilling, Susan E.. Article Title: Gallery Acquires Tamayo Print. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: October 1986.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Rufino Tamayo Catalogue Raisonné: Gràfica Prints 1925-1991. Madrid, Spain: Turner Publicaciones, S.L., 2004.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013