id:			127954
accession number:	1950.583
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.583
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:17.166000

Woman and Bird, 1944. Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991). Oil on canvas; framed: 123.2 x 102.9 x 6.2 cm (48 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.); unframed: 106.5 x 86 cm (41 15/16 x 33 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1950.583 ©  Tamayo Heirs / Mexico / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Woman and Bird
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1944
creation date earliest:		1944
creation date latest:		1944
current location:		225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
copyright:			©  Tamayo Heirs / Mexico / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	Mexico, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 123.2 x 102.9 x 6.2 cm (48 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.); Unframed: 106.5 x 86 cm (41 15/16 x 33 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed lower right: "Tamayo / O . 44"; [label on verso: "Pajaro Azul (Blue Bird)"]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Segunda Bienal Interamericana de México
	opening date:   1960-09-05T04:00:00
	<i>Segunda Bienal Interamericana de México</i>. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ciudad de México, Mexico (September 5-December 1, 1960).

	title:		Rufino Tamayo
	opening date:   1968-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>Rufino Tamayo</i>. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (organizer) (March 1-31, 1968).

	title:		Works from the Contemporary Collection
	opening date:   1969-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>Works from the Contemporary Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).

	title:		20th Century Mexican Painting
	opening date:   1972-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>20th Century Mexican Painting</i>. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 3, 1972).

	title:		Rufino Tamayo: Myth and Magic
	opening date:   1979-05-18T04:00:00
	<i>Rufino Tamayo: Myth and Magic</i>. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (May 18-August 19, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA:  Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969', 'opening_date': '1969-10-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 200
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n224

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 200
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n224

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 247
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n267

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