La niña del acuario (The Girl of the Aquarium)
La niña del acuario (The Girl of the Aquarium)

© Francisco Toledo

La niña del acuario (The Girl of the Aquarium)
La niña del acuario (The Girl of the Aquarium)

Currently not on view

La niña del acuario (The Girl of the Aquarium),

1977

Francisco Toledo, 1940–2019, born Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico; died Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico; active Oaxaca de Juárez
2001-133

Information

Title
La niña del acuario (The Girl of the Aquarium)
Dates

1977

Maker
Francisco Toledo
Medium
Etching, aquatint, stencil and gold foil
Dimensions
plate: 27.3 x 14.9 cm (10 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 71.5 x 48.2 cm (28 1/8 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-133
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City

Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower left: Toledo.
Inscription
in graphite, lower right: 28/30.
Culture
Mexican
Type
aquatints, prints
Materials
foil
Techniques
etching (printing process), aquatint, stenciling
Subject
turtles, aquariums, thread, figures (representations), spools, children (people by age group)

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

La niña del acuario

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