Caballo y alacranes (Horse and Scorpions)

© Francisco Toledo

Caballo y alacranes (Horse and Scorpions)

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Caballo y alacranes (Horse and Scorpions),

1974

Francisco Toledo, 1940–2019, born Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico; died Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico; active Oaxaca de Juárez
1996-8

Information

Title
Caballo y alacranes (Horse and Scorpions)
Dates

1974

Maker
Francisco Toledo
Medium
Color etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 37.5 x 47.6 cm (14 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.) sheet: 55.2 x 47.6 cm (21 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.) frame: 69.5 × 80 × 4 cm (27 3/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
1996-8
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City

Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower left: Toledo
Inscription
Edition statement lower right: P.A
Culture
Mexican
Type
aquatints, prints
Materials
wove paper
Techniques
etching (printing process), aquatint
Subject
horses, scorpions

David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY (purchased by Meginnity by 1996); David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL, by 1996; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1996.

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