José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)

CultureMexican
Titles
  • Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)
  • from the portfolio 36 Grabados: José Guadalupe Posada (36 Engravings: José Guadalupe Posada)
Date1907, printed 1943
Published inMexico City, Mexico
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 6 1/8 × 5 5/8 in. (15.6 × 14.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (34.9 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.27.19
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing 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 on the plate bottom right: POSADA, printed top right: PAGINA 19., bottom right: 'Calavera Criminal'

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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
object recto
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1908–1910
Photo-relief etching with engraving on orange newsprint
2013.329
La Gran Calavera de Emiliano Zapata (The Great Skeleton of Emiliano Zapata)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1911–1916, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.72
Revoltijo de calaveras de muchachos papeleros (Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys)
José Guadalupe Posada
1903, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.74
Calavera de Francisco I. Madero (Skeleton of Francisco Madero)
José Guadalupe Posada
1910, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching wtih engraving
2007.73
Calavera huertista (Huerta's Skeleton)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1914, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.70
object recto
José Guadalupe Posada
1907, printed 1911
Photo-relief etching with engraving on newsprint
2013.328
Calavera de la Catrina (Skull of the Female Dandy)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.15
Illustracion para un Cuento (Illustration for a Story)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1942
Engraving, edition 35/100
56.25.2
El Clown Mexicano (Mexican Clown)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1942
Engraving, edition 35/100
56.25.1
Te Volvi a Ver (I Saw You Again)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1942
Engraving, edition 35/100
56.25.3
La Banda (The Band)
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1942
Engraving, edition 35/100
56.25.5