Watercolor, gouache and ink on laid paper
Spain, circa 1960
Francisco Benjamin Lopez Toledo (born 1940) - Important Mexican painter, printmaker, ceramist and sculptor
Signed ‘Toledo’ lower right
Sheet dimensions: 24.5 x 31.2 cm
Matted under glass in silvered wooden frame: 51 x 61 cm
Very good condition
The current highest auction record for a similar paper work of Francisco Toldedo is more than €90,000
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 11,000 Euro

Many works of Francisco Toledo (born in 1940) show an interest in the Zapotec culture – Toledo’s roots - and the mythology of pre-Columbian people. In his compositions, he combines natural shapes with metaphors of art and literature. They often feature mixed beings from animals and humans - a phenomenon that has been interpreted by art critics as an expression of pre-Columbian beliefs, insofar that every human destiny is connected to an Aztec spirit in animal form.

Condition:

The sheet is in very good condition, showing a slight discoloration and corrugation of the paper. The frame shows small losses. The sheet dimensions are 24.5 x 31.2 cm, while frame measures 51 x 61 cm.



Francisco Toledo (born 1940)

Born in Mexico, Francisco Toldedo started his artistic training with Arturo García Bustos at the age of fifteen. Then he took up studies at the Arts and Crafts School of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura in Mexico City. At the age of 19, he traveled to Europe for the first time and, with the help of Rufino Tamayo, became a shooting star of the gallery scene in Paris, London, Amsterdam and New York. Since 1965, he lived alternately in Mexico, America and Europe. In 1993, he was a co-founder of the Pro-OAX movement, which advocates the preservation of the cultural and national heritage of Oaxcaca. (cko)

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