José Guadalupe Posada
La calavera de Don Quijote (The Skeleton of Don Quixote)

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Artist José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913)Mexican, 1852–1913

Publisher Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo (Mexico City)Mexico City

CultureMexican

Titles

La calavera de Don Quijote (The Skeleton of Don Quixote)
from the portfolio 36 Grabados: José Guadalupe Posada (36 Engravings: José Guadalupe Posada)

Datec. 1910–1913, printed 1943

Published inMexico City, Mexico

MediumPhoto relief etching with engraving

DimensionsPlate: 6 × 10 13/16 in. (15.2 × 27.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (23.5 × 34.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of the friends of Freda Radoff

Object number56.27.1

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Works on Paper: Mexican Prints and Drawings of the Twentieth Century (Grabadas y Dibujos Mexicanos del Siglo Veinte)," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 1983-January 1, 1984.

"Graphic Art from Mexico", December 17, 1995 through February 25, 1996, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

"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 bottom left below plate "Calavera: ' Don Quijote' "
bottom right reading vertically "PAGINA 1."

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