Calacas haciendo el amor (Skeletons Making Love)
Calacas haciendo el amor (Skeletons Making Love)

© Francisco Toledo

Calacas haciendo el amor (Skeletons Making Love)
Calacas haciendo el amor (Skeletons Making Love)

Currently not on view

Calacas haciendo el amor (Skeletons Making Love),

1980s

Francisco Toledo, 1940–2019, born Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico; died Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico; active Oaxaca de Juárez
2001-123

Information

Title
Calacas haciendo el amor (Skeletons Making Love)
Dates

1980s

Maker
Francisco Toledo
Medium
Gouache and watercolor with incising
Dimensions
28 x 38 cm (11 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-123
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City

Signatures
Signed, on verso top: Toledo
Inscription
Culture
Mexican
Type
drawings, watercolors
Materials
watercolor, gouache, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
incising
Subject
geometric motifs, sex, skeletons

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

IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more.

Open API URL

Our API is generally designed to provide programmatic access to the Museum's collections data for applications that require regular updates and/or the ability to dynamically query and filter the data via the endpoints provided.

Share your feedback with us

The Museum regularly researches its objects and their collecting histories, updating its records to reflect new information. We also strive to catalogue works of art using language that is consistent with how people, subjects, artists, and cultures describe themselves. As this effort is ongoing, the Museum’s records may be incomplete or contain terms that are no longer acceptable. We welcome your feedback, questions, and additional information that you feel may be useful to us. Email us at collectionsinfo@princeton.edu.

Explore More

Holidays at the Museum

Princeton Collects

Mosaic Restaurant