Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo's sprawling "America" fetched 6.8 million dollars, just under pre-auction estimate, at Sotheby's Latin American art auction that showed the effects of the ongoing financial crisis. The 14-by-4.0 meter (13-by-46 foot) vinylite and sand on canvas Tamayo made in 1955 for a bank in Houston, Texas, bank, had a pre-auction estimate of 7-9 ...

A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo — one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands — was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art. "America," measuring 13 feet by 15 feet, fetched $6.8 million, just below ...