Man and woman (Indigenous people with Maguey)
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Man and woman (Indigenous people with Maguey)
- Artist: Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, Oaxaca 1899–1991 Mexico City)
- Date: 1926
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 12 1/16 in. (31 × 30.6 cm)
Image: 9 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (25.1 × 25.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1930
- Object Number: 30.95.1
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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