José Guadalupe Posada
La Calavera Amorosa (The Skeleton of Love)

CultureMexican
Titles
  • La Calavera Amorosa (The Skeleton of Love)
Date1907, printed 1911
Printed inMexico City, Mexico
MediumPhoto-relief etching with engraving on newsprint
DimensionsSheet: 16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.6 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joe Walker in loving memory of Marianne and Graham Gray
Object number2013.328
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceVanegas Arroyo Publishing House Archive, Mexico City; New World Prints Collection, Jim Nikas and Maryanne Brady, Vallejo, California, by September 2013; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History"Calaveras Mexicanas:The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 13 - December 15, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in the image lower right: Imprenta / de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, / 2a. de Santa Teresa Número 43, / México. – Octubre de 1911.

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José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1908–1910
Photo-relief etching with engraving on orange newsprint
2013.329
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c. 1910–1913, printed 1943
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c. 1911–1916, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.72
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José Guadalupe Posada
1903, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.74
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José Guadalupe Posada
1910, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching wtih engraving
2007.73
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José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1914, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.70
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José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
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José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo-relief etching with engraving
56.27.4
El jarabe de ultratumba (The Dance Beyond the Grave)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.8
Despedida de un maderista y su triste amada (Farewell of a Maderista and His Sad Lover)
José Guadalupe Posada
1911, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.9
Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)
José Guadalupe Posada
1907, printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.19
Incendio de La Valenciana (Fire of La Valenciana)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.25