Mandolin Player
Tamayo is one of Mexico’s most prolific printmakers, and among his early striking works are woodcuts he created in New York and Mexico between 1926 and 1935. This print is typical of the bold, sculptural forms he employed that celebrate the medium as much as the subject. Sitting before the entrance to a dwelling, a musician plays the mandolin. Tamayo was very interested in Mexican popular culture, and many of his works recognize the so-called primitive images found in folk art. Mandolin players are seen in ceramics and sculpture, for example.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mandolin Player
- Artist: Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, Oaxaca 1899–1991 Mexico City)
- Date: 1930
- Medium: Woodcut (working proof)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25 × 17 cm)
Image: 6 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (16.5 × 13 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Richard and JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.69.79
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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