Wood Choppers

Living in New York City for a period of time in the 1930s, Rufino Tamayo created artwork while supported by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is documented that Tamayo produced an “easel painting” every month for a fee. Identified as “wood choppers,” the workers in this watercolor are anonymous yet their hat and clothes reflect the artist’s noted connections to Mexican subject matter and directly correspond to other pieces he created with this theme in mind.