Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1944
Medium
Relief etching from a zinc plate on ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.9 × 13 cm (11 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 19 cm (14 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
138551
About the Artist
José Guadalupe Posada · 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...