José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Las Bicicletas

Type-metal engraving, 15 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.48

 

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Calaveras de caudillos de silla presidencial (Calaveras of Political Bosses That Aspire to the Presidency)

c. 1890–1913. Zinc etching, 15 13/16 x 11 7/8 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.52

 

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Calavera Catrina

c. 1890–1913. Relief print, 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.384.11

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

La calavera Oaxaqueña calavera del montón. Número 1 (The Oaxacan Calavera)

c. 1904. Relief print, image: 5 1/2 x 10 in.; sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 11/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.384.7

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Calavera de un lagartijo (Calavera of a Dandy)

c. 1890–1913. Relief print, 9 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.384.23

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Gran fandanga y francachela de todas las calaveras (Happy Dance and Wild Party of All the Calaveras)

c. 1890–1913. Relief print, 6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.384.58

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Espantosísimo y terrible acontecimiento en la ciudad de Silao en los primeros días del siglo XX ¡Suicidio de un rico envidioso! (Most Horrifying and Terrible Event in the City of Silao in the First Days of the 20th Century. Suicide of an Envious Rich Man!)

c. 1900. Type-metal engraving, 11 13/16 x 7 15/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.89

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

El fin del mundo llegó (The End of the World Has Arrived)

c. 1910. Relief print, 6 5/16 x 9 1/4 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.384.13

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Chef and women chasing man

c. 1890–1913. Relief print, 6 1/4 x 9 9/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.384.93

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Las hazañas de Emiliano Zapata (The Exploits of Emiliano Zapata)

c. 1890–1913. Zinc engraving, 11 11/16 x 7 11/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1985.10

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Juego de la oca (Game of Goose)

c. 1890–1913. Zinc etching, 15 9/16 x 11 7/8 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Moorman, as a memorial to their son, Robert Maxey Moorman, 1981.51

José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican, 1852–1913

Los horrores de la guerra o La sangre de la patria (The Horrors of War or The Blood of the Fatherland)

1900. Chromolithograph, 4 13/16 x 3 5/16 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.303