Carnival

Rufino Tamayo, Carnival, 1936, gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2017.22
Rufino Tamayo, Carnival, 1936, gouache on paper, 15 × 22 in. (38.1 × 55.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2017.22

Artwork Details

Title
Carnival
Artist
Date
1936
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 × 22 in. (38.1 × 55.9 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
gouache on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Landscape — celestial — moon
  • Recreation — carnival
  • Performing arts — circus — clown
  • Object — other — flag
  • Emblem — heart
Object Number
2017.22
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2017.22

Works by this artist (10 items)

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Raphaelle Peale, Melons and Morning Glories, 1813, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul Mellon, 1967.39.2
Melons and Morning Glories
Artist
Date1813
oil on canvas
On view
Raphaelle Peale, George Fisher, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore, 1950.4.24
George Fisher
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Raphaelle Peale, William E. Dickson, ca. 1815, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.3.32
William E. Dickson
Artist
Dateca. 1815
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Raphaelle Peale, Catherine Douglas Dickson, ca. 1818, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.3.33
Catherine Douglas Dickson
Artist
Dateca. 1818
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

Related Books

This is the cover of the "Tamayo: The New York Years" book displaying Rufino Tamayo's Carnival painting.
Tamayo: The New York Years
Tamayo: The New York Years explores the influences between Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), a major Mexican modernist best known for his boldly colored, semiabstract paintings, and the American art world. It reveals how he forged a new path in the modern art of the Americas and contributed to New York’s dynamic cultural scene as the city was becoming a center of postwar art. 

Exhibitions

This is a Tamayo painting of a New York City skyline and a person looking at it through a telescope.
Tamayo: The New York Years
November 2, 2017–March 17, 2018
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tamayo: The New York Years is the first exhibition to explore the influences between this major Mexican modernist and the American art world.

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Unidentified (Puerto Rican), Da. Barbara Vizcarrondo de Elzaburu, 19th century, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.20
Da. Barbara Vizcarrondo de Elzaburu
Artist
Unidentified (Puerto Rican)
Date19th century
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
George Catlin, Portrait of Mary Catlin, ca. 1827, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Morse, 1984.139.2
Portrait of Mary Catlin
Artist
Dateca. 1827
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, John Trumbull, General George Washington, ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.19
General George Washington
Artist
Dateca. 1845
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Margaret Maclay Bogardus, Peter Van Dyke, ca. 1835, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1953.7.1
Peter Van Dyke
Artist
Dateca. 1835
watercolor on ivory
Not on view