2024.202: The Colt

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2024.202

People

Francisco Corzas (Mexico City, Mexico 1936 - 1983 Mexico City, Mexico)

Title

The Colt

Other Titles

Original Language Title: La Potranca
Series/Book Title: 21 Printmakers from Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela (21 Estampadores de Colombia, Mexico y Venezuela)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1972

Culture

Mexican

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/143991

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching, aquatint, drypoint and roulette

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

36.8 × 47 cm (14 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
mat: 61 × 81.3 cm (24 × 32 in.)
frame: 63.8 × 84 cm (25 1/8 × 33 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Lower right: Francisco Corzas 72
• inscription: l.l., in graphite: 31/50
• inscription: l.c., in graphite: La Potranca
• watermark: Lower left: BFK RIVES / FRANCE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Cartón y Papel de México, S.A. (1972-1974); to Student Print Rental Program (1974-2024), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2024.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

31/150

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Student Print Rental Collection, Gift of Cartón y Papel de México, S.A.

Accession Year

2024

Object Number

2024.202

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Carlos Ramírez Sandoval, Daniel Dueñas, and Roberto Páramo, Francisco Corzas, exh. cat. (Mexico, 1985), [reference]
• Sealtiel Alatriste, Francisco Corzas (Mexico, 2001), [reference]

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