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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.521
People
José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican (Aguascalientes, Mexico 1852 - 1913 Mexico City, Mexico)
Title
Broadside: A Skeleton from Guadalajara
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Broadside sheet: Calavera Tapatia
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1915-1920
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336695

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on thin brown wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 40.3 x 29.6 cm (15 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed in botton of image: F. Osacar Talleres de Linotipografoa de la Test. de. A. Vanegas Arroyo-Tesa 40 Mexico
    Cinco Centavos [5 cents]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Randy Raymond, California. Throckmorton, New York City. Harvard Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation and Gift of Susan Morse Hilles, by exchange
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.521
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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