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Tiger's Eye, no. 1 (October 1947) and no. 9 (October 15, 1949)
Yale University Art Gallery
Artists and critics who supported a burgeoning generation of abstract expressionists knew and followed Tamayo's career. Tamayo's paintings were featured in Tiger's Eye, one of the most widely read avant-garde magazines of the 1940s. For their inaugural issue, editors Ruth and John Stephan invited Tamayo to write a statement about his art. His poetic contribution prefaced several illustrations of his and Mark Rothko's work. In keeping with his questioning of clear narratives, Tamayo characterizes true painting not by its subject, but by the balance of its plastic elements, such as form, color, proportion, and line. |