Lot 224
  • 224

Francisco Toledo (b. 1940)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Francisco Toledo
  • A Group of Four Prints: Hombre y gatos, Sapos y ranas (Sapos y zapatos, ocho sapos), Sapos con piez, Los Pájaros
  • each signed
  • mixed media on heavy paper
  • various dimensions, the largest: 29 5/8 by 22 1/8 in.; the smallest: 22 1/8 by 17 1/4 in.
  • 76.2 by 56.2 cm; 56 by 76.2 cm;
  • Executed in 1974-75. Edition of 25, A.P. of 5. (Sapos y ranas) Executed in 1974-75. Edition of 30. (Los Pájaraos)

Provenance

Acquired from the artist

Exhibited

Mexico City, Galería Arvil, Francisco Toledo: Obra Gráfica para La Galería Arvil 1974-2001, September-October 2002, p. 20, illustration in color of work from same series (Sapos y ranas)

Literature

Luis Carlos Emerich, Carlos Monsiváis, et. al., Francisco Toledo: Obra Gráfica para Arvil 1974-2001, Mexico City, 2001, p. 147 and p. 151, illustration in color of works from same series (Sapos y ranas; Los Pájaros)

Condition

These works are in generally good condition overall. Deckling is present on the edges; however, this is inherent to the paper. The colors are vibrant and the medium is stable.
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Catalogue Note

1. Hombre y gatos
signed lower left and inscribed E.A. lower right;
lithograph with silver ink on Arches paper
22 1/8  by 17 1/4  in.; 56.2 by 43.8 cm

2. Sapos y ranas (Sapos y zapatos, ocho sapos)
signed lower left and inscribed P.A. lower right
etching and acquatint on B.F.K. Rives paper
22 by 30 in. 56 by 76.2 cm
Executed in 1974-75. Edition of 25, A.P. of 5. (Sapos y ranas) 

3. Sapos con piez
signed lower left and inscribed P.A. lower right
etching and acquatint on B.F.K. Rives paper
 29 5/8  by 22 1/8  in; 75.2 by 56.2 cm

4. Los Pájaros
signed lower left and inscribed P.A. lower right
etching and acquatint on B.F.K. Rives paper
29 5/8  by 22 1/8  in.; 75.2 by 56.2 cm
Executed in 1974-75. Edition of 30.