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Your item is an original painting titled Personaje Asustado (Frightened Figure) by the renowned Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991). Executed in oil on Masonite and measuring 56 x 35 cm, the work is housed in a gilt studio frame and is reported to be in excellent condition. The painting exhibits Tamayo’s signature visual language—characterized by strong silhouettes, emotive abstraction, and expressive color contrasts, as seen here in the stark black figure against a textured background, flanked by a deep red diagonal.

The provenance provided is particularly robust: the painting was acquired by the prominent cultural patron Manuel Suárez y Suárez, and the documentation includes a receipt of purchase, a personal letter from the artist to Suárez, and a letter of authentication by Xavier Moyssen, a respected Mexican art historian and specialist in 20th-century Mexican modernism. These supporting documents significantly enhance both the scholarly and market value of the piece, offering direct provenance from the artist and confirmation of authenticity by a leading authority.