José Guadalupe Posada
La Serpentina (The Serpentine Dance)

CultureMexican
Titles
  • La Serpentina (The Serpentine Dance)
  • from the portfolio 36 Grabados: José Guadalupe Posada (36 Engravings: José Guadalupe Posada)
Date1894, printed 1943
Published inMexico City, Mexico
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 5 1/4 × 3 7/16 in. (13.3 × 8.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (35.2 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.27.14
Non exposé

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printed bottom right corner on the plate: POSADA, printed top right: PAGINA 14., printed top to bottom on the plate: LA SERPENTINA / 29 COLECCION DE CANCIONES / MODERNAS / 1894 / PUBLICADAS / POR / A.VANEGAS ARROYO MEXICO, bottom right: Cancion: 'La Serpentina'

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La Típica (Dance Band)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1942
Engraving, edition 35/100
56.25.22
El jarabe de ultratumba (The Dance Beyond the Grave)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.8
Incendio de La Valenciana (Fire of La Valenciana)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.25
La Banda (The Band)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1942
Engraving, edition 35/100
56.25.5
La Bejarano
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.2
La calavera de Don Quijote (The Skeleton of Don Quixote)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910–1913, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.1
Fenomeno con Cara en las Asentaderas (Phenomenon of a Face in the Butt)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.7.A,.B
La Rumba (The Rumba)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.12.A,.B
Calavera de la Catrina (Skull of the Female Dandy)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.15
Las Bicicletas (The Bicycles)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.20.A,.B
La Adultera (The Adultress)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.18
La Locomotora (The Locomotive)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.24