The woodcutter
Tamayo is one of Mexico’s most famous artists. During the 1920s and 1930s Tamayo participated in some of the artists’ groups that emerged after the Revolution. This print reveal his characteristic approach to printmaking in which he cut deeply into the block to maximize the effect of the grain, highlighting the woodcut technique. The date of The Woodcutter is uncertain: it may have been made in 1930 or earlier, in the 1920s, when Tamayo was in New York.
Artwork Details
- Title: The woodcutter
- Artist: Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, Oaxaca 1899–1991 Mexico City)
- Date: ca. 1926–27
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 13/16 in. (40.5 × 32.5 cm)
Image: 10 1/16 × 9 13/16 in. (25.5 × 25 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1930
- Object Number: 30.95.4
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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