On Losing a Job

Art Historical Context

José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), a pioneering Mexican printmaker from Aguascalientes, renowned for his bold, satirical broadsides that captured the social upheavals of early 20th-century Mexico His work, often featuring skeletal figures known as *calaveras*, critiqued politics, poverty, and everyday struggles with wry humor. *On Losing a Job*, graphic arts print published posthumously in 194, exemplifies this tradition, likely using the tag "head" to highlight a poignant, emblematic portrait—perhaps a dejected worker or iconic skull—symbolizing economic hardship amid Mexico's turbulent trans...