Lot #1259: RUFINO TAMAYO - Perro aullando - Watercolor and gouache on paper

 

Artist: Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899 - 1991).
Title: "Perro aullando".
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on paper.
Date: Composed 1973.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 9/16 x 11 11/16 in. (217 x 297 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $4,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $6,000/7,000
Lot Note(s): Signed upper right. White textured wove paper. Very good to fine condition.
Comment(s): One of a series of drawing studies that Tamayo executed for the related print. See: Juan Carlos Pereda, "Rufino Tamayo: Catalogue Raisonne, Grafica/Prints, 1925-1991" pg. 128, Pereda 137. The print itself has sold as high as $4,560 (Swann Galleries, New York City, March 3, 2011, lot #429). Image copyright © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [30117-2-4000-NA]