Desnudo en Naranja (Nude in Orange)
A bold and expressive lithograph by Mexican master Rufino Tamayo, *Desnudo en Naranja* presents a reclining female nude rendered in warm, earthy tones of deep orange and ochre against a richly textured background. Tamayo's signature blend of pre-Columbian sensibility and modernist abstraction is evident in the figure's simplified, monumental form, which radiates a primal, sculptural energy. Printed on fine Arches paper with full margins, this work exemplifies the artist's masterful use of colour lithography to convey both sensuality and timeless, mythic power.
- Medium
- Lithograph in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins,
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
December 12, 2013
Spotted works by Rufino Tamayo
Artists in conversation
Diego Rivera
Mexican · b. 1886
Rivera shares Tamayo's Mexican modernist sensibility and use of monumental, simplified figurative forms with warm earthy tones rooted in pre-Columbian cultural identity. His treatment of the human figure carries the same primal sculptural weight evident in this orange nude.
Fernando Botero
Colombian · b. 1932
Botero's lithographic nudes feature similarly voluminous, simplified and monumental figures rendered with bold warm color palettes that emphasize form over detail. His printmaking work on fine paper shares the same expressive figurative tradition seen in this piece.
Henri Matisse
French · b. 1869
Matisse produced reclining female nudes with similarly bold color fields, warm ochre and orange tones, and a modernist reduction of the human figure to its most essential sculptural form. His figurative lithographs share the same expressive simplicity and richly textured visual energy found in this work.
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