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Rufino Tamayo: Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings, January 12th to 30th, Julien Levy Gallery, 1937
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago
The Julien Levy Gallery was an anchor of surrealist art in New York. Tamayo's one-man exhibition there in 1937 placed him in the company of such major artists as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, prompting some critics to label him a surrealist. Tamayo's mysterious imagery, like the scene printed on this small brochure, lent some credence to this claim, despite the fact that he never identified as such. For others, Tamayo's enigmatic compositions distinguished him from his Mexican contemporaries. Critic Eleanor Jewett, for example, identified Tamayo as "one of the few Mexicans who is heading more toward surrealism than propaganda." |