id:			163621
accession number:	2005.129
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.129
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:54.418000

Watermelons, 1972. Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991), printed by Bank Street Atelier, published by Transworld Art. Color lithograph; image: 90 x 64.2 cm (35 7/16 x 25 1/4 in.); sheet: 92.4 x 65.2 cm (36 3/8 x 25 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward 2005.129 ©  Tamayo Heirs / Mexico / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Watermelons
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creation date:			1972
creation date earliest:		1972
creation date latest:		1972
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creditline:			Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward
copyright:			©  Tamayo Heirs / Mexico / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	Mexico, 20th century
technique:	color lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Pereda 133

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CREATORS

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

* Bank Street Atelier  - printer

* Transworld Art  - publisher

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measurements: Image: 90 x 64.2 cm (35 7/16 x 25 1/4 in.); Sheet: 92.4 x 65.2 cm (36 3/8 x 25 11/16 in.)
state of the work:	I/I
edition of the work: 	edition of 100

support materials:

	description:	Arches wove paper
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			* Arches
			

inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed at lower left, in pencil: 97/100; signed at lower right, in pencil: R Tamayo
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	remark:		

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PROVENANCE

	William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward, Cleveland, OH, by descent to their daughter, Pamela Elizabeth Ward, Cleveland, OH
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	Pamela Elizabeth Ward, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2005-
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