Cara café (Head of Man)

Art © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Cara café (Head of Man)

Currently not on view

Cara café (Head of Man),

1971

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican, 1899–1991
2001-103

Information

Title
Cara café (Head of Man)
Dates

1971

Maker
Rufino Tamayo
Medium
Oil and sand on canvas
Dimensions
49 x 49.5 cm (19 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.) frame: 68 × 68 × 6.8 cm (26 3/4 × 26 3/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-103
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico City

Signatures
Signed and dated, upper right: Tamayo 71
Culture
Mexican
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
sand, oil paint, canvas
Subject
rooms, men, heads, faces

David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL, by 2000; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2001.

Cara Café Head of Man

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