Installation shot of the gallery exhibition Fra
Installation shot of the gallery exhibition Fra
Photograph of a paperback book with illustrations in a vitrine
Installation shot of the gallery exhibition Fra
Installation shot of the gallery exhibition Fra
Installation shot of the gallery exhibition Fra
Photograph of the hallway and stairwell at a gallery
Installation shot of a gallery hallway
A flower arrangement in a gallery

Francisco Toledo: In His Memory Master Drawings 2020

January 24–February 14, 2020

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.

Black and white photograph of a man playfully throwing a hairless dog in the air

Works on View

A watercolor in which three pairs of storks face each in profile while eating grasshoppers they hold in their beaks.
Francisco Toledo, Comiendo chapulines,1977
A watercolor depicting an amorous male frog surrounded by wasps and other curious frogs.
Francisco Toledo, Aquí no hay cocodrilos (Frogs and Wasps), 1987
A watercolor in which an unidentified animal inserts itself into the open jaws of another animal as a crab and a fish look on.
Francisco Toledo, Fish with Moustache (More info)
A dreamlike scene of animal high jinx in which monkeys steal coconuts, fish swim in a stream, and a human figure walks a lizard on a leash, all overseen by a man on horseback.
Francisco Toledo, Two Monkeys (More info)
A grid of eight portraits of the artist's wife, rendered in watercolor and gold leaf, with captions in the Zapotec language under each portrait.
Francisco Toledo, Eight Portraits of Elisa, c. 1968
A watercolor of a shimmering river bordered at the top and bottom by skeletons and skulls. At the lower left a man fends off a skull which has clamped its teeth onto the end of his cane.
Francisco Toledo, Juárez atraviesa el río de las calaveras rodantes,1996
An etching of a circus scene in which an amorous couple are fired upon by a clown with a gun while a lion lounges on the floor in the background.
Francisco Toledo, Muerto el animal,1970
An etching in which a woman at a kitchen table holds a baby and a baby bottle while a wolf leans on her shoulders.
Francisco Toledo, Siren, Child, and Dog, c. 1969
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh
Two page spread of a book with text, Mayan glyphs, and original sketches by Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo's illustrations in Popol Vuh