† Francisco Benjamin Lopez Toledo
(Spanish/Texas, 1940-2019)
"The Shingles Fly", 1971
lithograph in colors
from the "Cowboy" series, pencil-signed lower right, numbered "7/100" lower left, published by Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Ltd., and with the gallery label en verso.
Matted, glazed and framed.
sight 15-3/4" x 20-1/2", framed 26-3/4" x 31-1/2"
Provenance: Estate of Charles Christopher Soufas, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Francisco Toledo was widely regarded as one of Mexico's most important contemporary artists of the 20th century. Born in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, his family were descendants of the Zapotecs, an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization. The fables, myths and folklore of the Zapotec culture became a continuous source of inspiration for the artist.

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