Lot #509: RUFINO TAMAYO - Perro ladrandole a la Luna - Watercolor and gouache drawing on paper

 

Artist: Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899 - 1991).
Title: "Perro ladrandole a la Luna".
Medium: Watercolor and gouache drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1988.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 x 10 7/8 in. (203 x 276 mm). Image size: 8 x 10 7/8 in. (203 x 276 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Painted on light cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): One of a series of drawing studies that Tamayo executed for the related print of the same name. See: Juan Carlos Pereda, "Rufino Tamayo: Catalogue Raisonne, Grafica/Prints, 1925-1991" pg. 269, Pereda 333. The print itself has sold as high as $6,100 (Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, May 4, 2010, lot #152). Image copyright © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [30266-2-4000]