Printing block for Calavera of the Masses, no. 2
Medium
Zinc alloy plate etched with nitric acid and engraved with burin nailed to wood block (photo-relief etching)
Dimensions
30.3 × 13.2 cm (11 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
matrix
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
187162
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...