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Fire
1946
oil on canvas
Collection of Mrs. J. Todd Figi
In the 1940s, Tamayo depicted several fiery scenes. Here an unclothed man and woman with flailing arms, perhaps representing universal human beings in a state of vulnerability, run from a burning building. While beautifully rendered in bold colors and abstract forms, Fire reminds us that Tamayo was part of a generation of artists that wrestled with how to represent the destruction of war. |