Mandolin Player
Rufino Tamayo Mexican
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.
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