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Head of a horse wearing a saddle from which hang spurs
Federico CantúWW-1945-148083
1945·Engraving in bluish plate tone·Sheet: 11 13/16 × 10 1/16 in. (30 × 25.5 cm)
Plate: 4 1/8 × 6 in. (10.5 × 15.3 cm)
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund,1946
Catalogue
- Year
- 1945
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 13/16 × 10 1/16 in. (30 × 25.5 cm) Plate: 4 1/8 × 6 in. (10.5 × 15.3 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Federico Cantú
Artist

Federico Cantú
Painting
Federico Cantú was a Mexican painter and muralist working in the postwar period whose figurative practice engaged with social realism and classical compositional traditions. Active from the 1930s through the late 1980s, his work reflected Mexico's artistic consolidation following the revolution.
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- Federico Cantú
- Year
- 1945
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 13/16 × 10 1/16 in. (30 × 25.5 cm) Plate: 4 1/8 × 6 in. (10.5 × 15.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1945-148083
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified
