Francisco Toledo
Me, Myself and I, 2017
mixed-media on paper
27 1/4 × 19 1/2 inches
Francisco Toledo
My Birth, 2017
oil and gold leaf on canvas
23 3/4 × 19 7/8 inches
Francisco Toledo
Ojo (Eye), 2017
watercolor and tempera on paper
12 1/4 × 9 inches
Francisco Toledo
Camisa verde pantalones rojos (Green Shirt, Red Pants), 2017
mixed-media on paper
30 × 22 1/2 inches
Francisco Toledo
Al desnudo (Naked), 2017
mixed-media on paper
30 × 22 1/2 inches
Francisco Toledo
Toledo con cara de peruano (Self-Portrait with a Peruvian Face), 2017
mixed-media on paper
15 × 22 1/4 inches
Francisco Toledo
No me deja solo (It Never Leaves Me), 2017
mixed-media on paper
22 x 30 1/2 inches
Francisco Toledo
Spin Top, spun 28,105 times around the sun (the age of Toledo), 2017
oil, sand and gold leaf on canvas
19 3/4 × 23 3/4 inches
Francisco Toledo
Cara blanca del lado materno (White Faced on My Mother’s Side), 2017
mixed-media on paper
22 1/2 × 15 inches
Francisco Toledo
Todo se mueve (Everything Moves), 2017
mixed-media on paper
11 1/4 × 15 3/8 inches
Francisco Toledo
Rehilete (Pinwheel), 2017
mixed-media on paper
27 5/8 × 19 5/8 inches
Francisco Toledo
Araña inofensiva (The Harmless Spider), 2017
mixed media on paper
27 3/4 × 19 1/2 inches
Francisco Toledo
Guardián de la casa ( Guardian of the House), 2017
watercolor and tempera on paper
30 x 22 inches
Bear of Bern I, 2014
pastel and ink on paper
19 ½ x 27 ¼ inches
Bear of Bern II, 2014
pastel and ink on paper
19 ½ x 27 ¼ inches
Bear of Bern III, 2014
watercolor and ink on paper
19 ½ x 27 ¼ inches
Bear of Bern V, 2014
watercolor on paper
19 ½ x 27 ¼ inches
Bear of Bern IV, 2014
pastel, watercolor and ink on paper
19 ½ x 27 ¼ inches
Ray, 2012
hand-cut collage and tempera on paper
31 x 47 inches
Francisco Toledo
Piojo Jumping Between Legs, 2012
oil on incised paper with laser-cut mica collage
29 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
Spider, 2012
tempera on incised paper
31 x 41 1/2 inches
Shrimp in Net, 2012
tempera and hand-cut mica with laser-cut net collage on paper
14 3/4 x 22 inches
La Muerte Empujando al Elefante Gris/Cafe (Death Pushing the Elephant Grey/Brown), 2011
ed. 5/9
oil and watercolor on laser-cut paper
15 × 22 inches
Cangrejos Grises Grandes, 2011
oil, watercolor, sand and mica on laser-cut paper
22 1/2 x 30 inches
Muchachos bajando al elefante, 2007
etching and aquatint, ed. 2/10
16 x 14 1/2 inches
The Water Carrier, 2004
drypoint & roulette, ed. 1/20
6 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
Lagarto fuera del agua (Lizard Out of the Water), 1984
Edition Artist Proof
drypoint
3 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches
El camino del sapo (The Path of the Frog), 1982
etching and aquatint, ed. 13/25
10 x 8 inches (image size)
Sapos y pantalones, 1974
etching, ed. P.A.
30 x 22 inches
Cangrejos Grises Grandes, 2011
oil, watercolor, sand and mica on laser-cut paper
22 1/2 x 30 inches
(Mexico, 1940-2019)
Francisco Toledo was an artist of prodigious gifts: a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and ceramicist. Toledo’s art combines diverse materials and practices. A bronze sculpture is painted and gold-leafed, a painting incised, a drawing on wood, partially erased, carved and in-painted. Toledo’s bristles with formal invention and often includes the use of non-traditional supports such as mica, fossil, and turtle shell. More than a formal enlivening, Toledo’s combination of diverse materials and art making practices reflects a world-view unbounded by category or hierarchy. Toledo was also a noted activist and humanitarian.
