Man and woman (Indigenous people with Maguey)

Rufino Tamayo Mexican

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692

Tamayo is one of Mexico’s best-known artists. His woodcuts from the 1920s and early 1930s are unlike anything created by his contemporaries. They represent a highly personal response to the postrevolutionary artistic agenda set by the government. Man and woman　is one of a group of prints Tamayo made in New York (sold by the Weyhe Gallery).



Tamayo es uno de los artistas más célebres de México. Sus xilografías de la década de 1920 y principios de la de 1930 son radicalmente distintas de las creaciones de sus contemporáneos. Representan una respuesta muy personal a la agenda artística posrevolucionaria establecida por el Gobierno. Hombre y mujer forma parte de un grupo de grabados que Tamayo realizó en Nueva York y que se vendieron en la galería Weyhe.

Man and woman (Indigenous people with Maguey), Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, Oaxaca 1899–1991 Mexico City), Woodcut

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