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

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La Calavera Amorosa (The Skeleton of Love)
ArtistMexican, 1852–1913
PublisherMexican, 1850–1917
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
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Department
Prints and Drawings
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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Photo-relief etching with engraving on orange newsprint
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José Guadalupe Posada
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Photo relief etching with engraving
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c. 1911–1916, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
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1903, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.74
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1910, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching wtih engraving
2007.73
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Calavera huertista (Huerta's Skeleton)
c. 1914, printed 1930
Photo-relief etching with engraving
2007.70
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
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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
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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 jarabe de ultratumba (The Dance Beyond the Grave)
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El jarabe de ultratumba (The Dance Beyond the Grave)
c. 1910, printed 1943
Photo relief etching with engraving
56.27.8
Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera criminal (Criminal Skeleton)
1907, printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.19
Incendio de La Valenciana (Fire of La Valenciana)
José Guadalupe Posada
Incendio de La Valenciana (Fire of La Valenciana)
printed 1943
Engraving
56.27.25