Ídolos precolombinos (Twelve Lithographs)
1976
Rufino Tamayo's 'Ídolos precolombinos' is a portfolio of twelve lithographs on Rives BFK paper, each embellished with watercolor brushstrokes from 1976. The work celebrates pre-Columbian artistic traditions through a modern printmaking lens. The combination of lithography and hand-painted watercolor adds unique variation to each print in the series.
- Medium
- 12 lithographs on Rives BFK paper, each with a watercolor brushstroke
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Impressionist & Modern Art | New York
March 1, 2021
Estimate: $15,000 to $20,000
Lot 46
Spotted works by Rufino Tamayo
Artists in conversation
Francisco Toledo
Mexican · b. 1940
Toledo similarly merged indigenous Zapotec symbolism with modern printmaking techniques including lithography, creating series-based works that honor pre-Columbian cultural traditions while employing a vivid, abstract visual language rooted in Mexican heritage.
Gunther Gerzso
Mexican · b. 1915
Gerzso channeled ancient Mesoamerican cultural forms into modernist abstraction, using layered color fields and symbolic geometric compositions that closely parallel Tamayo's approach of translating pre-Columbian imagery through a contemporary artistic lens.
Carlos Mérida
Guatemalan · b. 1891
Mérida produced printmaking portfolios that reinterpreted pre-Columbian and indigenous Mesoamerican iconography through colorful, geometric abstraction, sharing Tamayo's commitment to celebrating ancient cultural symbols within a modern printmaking framework.
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