El gato (The Cat)
El gato (The Cat)

© Francisco Toledo

El gato (The Cat)
El gato (The Cat)

Currently not on view

El gato (The Cat),

1970s

Francisco Toledo, 1940–2019, born Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico; died Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico; active Oaxaca de Juárez
2001-114

Information

Title
El gato (The Cat)
Dates

1970s

Maker
Francisco Toledo
Medium
Watercolor and black ink over graphite
Dimensions
27.2 x 38 cm (10 11/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-114
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City

Signatures
Inscribed and signed in graphite, along right side: para Armando .. Toledo
Culture
Mexican
Type
drawings, watercolors
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor, graphite
Subject
faces, abstraction

David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL (until 2001; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum).

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