La del Petate

© Francisco Toledo

La del Petate

Currently not on view

La del Petate,

1979

Francisco Toledo, 1940–2019, born Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico; died Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico; active Oaxaca de Juárez
2001-136

Information

Title
La del Petate
Dates

1979

Maker
Francisco Toledo
Medium
Mixografía
Dimensions
maximum irregular: 100 x 87 cm (39 3/8 x 34 1/4 in.) frame: 117 × 105.5 × 6 cm (46 1/16 × 41 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-136
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City

Signatures
Signed in white, lower center: Toledo
Culture
Mexican
Type
drawings
Materials
Mixografia (R)
Techniques
embossing
Subject
figures (representations), grotesques, fish

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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