Broadsheet with songs for a two-step dance (paso doble), a man and woman talking while elegantly dressed couples dance in the background
ca. 1918 (published)
Medium
Zincograph and letterpress on pink paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 in. × 7 11/16 in. (30.5 × 19.5 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
46.46.200
Tags
Art Historical Context
This vibrant broadsheet, published around 1918 by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo with illustrations by the legendary Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada captures the lively spirit of popular Mexican culture. At its center, a sharply dressed man and woman converse animatedly, while elegantly attired couples swirl in the background to the rhythms of the paso doble—a spirited two-step dance evoking Spanish bullfighting flair, immensely popular in Mexico's urban dance halls. Posada, renowned for his bold, satirical zincographs that blended folk art with social commentary, immortalized everyday joys a...