A woman crying with a handkerchief in her hand talking to an old hag, illustration for 'La Niña de las Perlas, published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
ca. 1880–1910
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 11/16 × 4 5/8 in. (17 × 11.7 cm) Image: 5 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13.6 × 8.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Roberto Berdecio, 1960
Accession Number
60.678.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
This poignant type-metal engraving, titled *A Woman Crying with a Hand in Her Hand Talking to an Old Hag*, an illustration by the renowned Mexican printmaker José Posada (with possible collaboration by José Sanchez) for the popular broadsheet *La Niña de las Perlas*, published Antonio Vanegas Arroyo around1880–1910. Posada, a master of satirical and folk-inspired prints, worked extensively with Arroyo to produce affordable, widely circulated sheets that blended text and imagery, capturing the drama of everyday Mexican life during the late Porfiriato era. The small-scale image (5 3/8 × 3 7/16 ...
About the Artist
José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican|Mexican) · 1895 |1851 –1910 |1913
Mexican, active ca. 1900–1910|Mexican, 1851–1913