Francisco Toledo (Mexican, 1940-2019)
Untitled (Biomorphic Abstraction in Black and White), 1959
Ink and gouache on paper
Signed and dated to lower right: “FToledo / 59”
6.75 x 5.75 in.; Framed: 17 x 13.5 in.
Provenance
Heritage Auctions
Private Collection, NC
Created when Toledo was just nineteen, this rare early work demonstrates the organic, mythological themes that would come to define his career. The biomorphic forms are already fully realized, and the use of ink and gouache shows a confident and experimental hand. As interest in Latin American modernism continues to rise, early works by Toledo are becoming increasingly scarce and desirable.
