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Francisco Toledo: In His Memory

For Master Drawings New York 2020, Mary-Anne Martin | Fine Art is exhibiting watercolors, drawings, and prints by Francisco Toledo (1940-2019). Featured in this memorial show is a never-before-exhibited sketchbook from 1982 consisting of more than fifty drawings in pen and ink, representing Toledo’s version of the Mayan codex, Popol Vuh. The exhibit will remain on view at the gallery through February 29, 2020.

View Toledo’s sketches in Popol Vuh

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The following is a selection of works included in the exhibition:

 

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  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Comiendo Chapulines
    (Eating Grasshoppers)
    ink, wash and watercolor on Arches paper
    30 x 22 1/2 inches (76 x 56.5 cm)
    signed in pencil; also inscribed with title, verso
    1977

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Aqui no hay cocodrilos
    (Frogs and Wasps)
    watercolor and ink on paper
    19 3/8 × 25¾ inches (49.2 × 65.4 cm)
    signed
    1987

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Sapos
    (Frogs)
    watercolor, gouache and ink on paper
    21¾ × 29½ inches (55.2 × 74.9 cm)
    signed
    1976

    Private Collection

     

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Juárez atraviesa el río de las calaveras rodantes
    (Juárez Crossing the River of Rolling Skulls)
    watercolor and tempera on heavy paper
    25 3/8 × 40 1/8 inches (64.5 × 102 cm)
    signed
    1996

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Eight Portraits of Elisa
    gouache, ink, gold on paper
    18¾ × 22¼ inches (47.6 × 56.5 cm)
    signed
    c. 1968

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Fish with Moustache
    (Bendá Gulushu)
    ink and watercolor on paper
    8 7/8 × 11½ inches (22.5 × 29.2 cm) [sight]
    signed

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Two Monkeys
    (Chupa Migu)
    ink and watercolor on paper
    9 × 11¾ inches (22.9 × 29.8 cm) [sight]
    signed

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Muerto el animal
    Etching
    10 x 12 inches (image)
    Signed and numbered 11/25
    1970

    Private Collection

  • FRANCISCO TOLEDO (1940 – 2019)
    Siren, Child and Dog
    (Sirena, niño y perro)
    etching
    image: 8 × 9¾ inches (20.3 × 24.8 cm); paper: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
    signed and numbered 34/46 in pencil
    c. 1969

    Private Collection

  • GRACIELA ITURBIDE (b. 1942)
    Francisco Toledo and Xolo
    gelatin silver print
    Image: 12½ × 9½ inches (31.8 × 24.1 cm)
    signed
    1987, printed by the artist at a later date

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Francisco Toledo and Popol Vuh

Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art presents a never-before-exhibited sketchbook from 1982 consisting of more than fifty drawings in pen and ink, representing Toledo’s version of the Mayan codex, Popol Vuh.

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