Broadsheet, on recto skeletons riding bicycles entitled 'From this famous hippodrome on the racetrack, not even a single journalist is missing. Death is inexorable and doesn't even respect those that you see here on bicycles'; on verso skeletons buying and selling printed images etc
ca. 1895–1900
Medium
Etching on zinc, woodcut, letterpress, relief printing
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (60 × 40 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.46.322
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking broadsheet from around 1895–1900, created by the renowned Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada collaboration with publisher Antonio Van Arroyo, captures the macabre wit of Mexico's popular print tradition. On the recto, skeletons pedal furiously on bicycles at a racetrack, mocking journalists with the caption: "From this famous hippodrome Death is inexorable and doesn't respect those that you see on bicycles." The verso bony figures buying and selling printed images, sly nod to the print trade itself. Measuring 23⅝ × 15¾ inches, it's a masterful example of affordable, mass-pr...
About the Artist
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo · 1852–1913
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) was a Mexican printmaker and engraver who revolutionized popular art and created some of the most iconic images in Mexican culture. Working primarily with publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, he produced over 20,000 images during his career—inexpensive broadsheets sold for a penny on colored paper that made his art accessible to even the poorest workers. He transform...