José Guadalupe Posada
Revoltijo de calaveras de muchachos papeleros (Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys)

Revoltijo de calaveras de muchachos papeleros (Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys)

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Revoltijo de calaveras de muchachos papeleros (Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys)
ArtistMexican, 1852–1913
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Revoltijo de calaveras de muchachos papeleros (Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys)
  • from the portfolio Monografía: Las obras de José Guadalupe Posada, grabador mexicano
Date1903, printed 1930
PlaceMexico
MediumPhoto-relief etching with engraving
DimensionsPlate: 5 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (14.9 × 22.7 cm)
 Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 9/16 in. (23.2 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Ribelin
Object number2007.74
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
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.

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object recto
José Guadalupe Posada
En la fiesta de alegres calaveras (On the Feast of Happy Skeletons)
c. 1908–1910
Photo-relief etching with engraving on orange newsprint
2013.329
La calavera de Don Quijote (The Skeleton of Don Quixote)
José Guadalupe Posada
La calavera de Don Quijote (The Skeleton of Don Quixote)
c. 1910–1913, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.1
La Gran Calavera de Emiliano Zapata (The Great Skeleton of Emiliano Zapata)
José Guadalupe Posada
La Gran Calavera de Emiliano Zapata (The Great Skeleton of Emiliano Zapata)
c. 1911–1916, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.72
Calavera de Francisco I. Madero (Skeleton of Francisco Madero)
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera de Francisco I. Madero (Skeleton of Francisco Madero)
1910, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching wtih engraving
2007.73
Calavera huertista (Huerta's Skeleton)
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera huertista (Huerta's Skeleton)
c. 1914, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.70
object recto
José Guadalupe Posada
La Calavera Amorosa (The Skeleton of Love)
1907, printed 1911
Photo-relief etching with engraving on newsprint
2013.328
Calavera de la Catrina (Skull of the Female Dandy)
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera de la Catrina (Skull of the Female Dandy)
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.15
El jarabe de ultratumba (The Dance Beyond the Grave)
José Guadalupe Posada
El jarabe de ultratumba (The Dance Beyond the Grave)
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
Despedida de un maderista y su triste amada (Farewell of a Maderista and His Sad Lover)
1911, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.9
El ahorcado—Revolucionario ahorcado por los hacendados (The Hanged Man—Revolutionary Hanged by the Landowners)
José Guadalupe Posada
El ahorcado—Revolucionario ahorcado por los hacendados (The Hanged Man—Revolutionary Hanged by the Landowners)
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo-relief etching with engraving
56.27.4
Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)
1907, printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.19
Plaza de San Juan de Los Lagos (Plaza of San Juan de Los Lagos)
José Guadalupe Posada
Plaza de San Juan de Los Lagos (Plaza of San Juan de Los Lagos)
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.6