M25922: Calavera de D. Francisco I. Madero

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25922

People

José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican (Aguascalientes, Mexico 1852 - 1913 Mexico City, Mexico)

Title

Calavera de D. Francisco I. Madero

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Calaveras Maderista
Original Language Title: Calaveras del montón, No. 2

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1912

Culture

Mexican

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/70304

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photorelief etching with letterpress on pink wove paper

Technique

Photorelief

Dimensions

image with border: 35.4 x 26 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 40.4 x 30.3 cm (15 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: POSADA

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

L.C. 143 (alternate version)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

M25922

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Adriana Zavala, Mexico Beyond Its Revolution, Tufts University Art Gallery (Somerville, MA, 2010), pp. 10, 74-77, ill.

Exhibition History

• DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007
• Mexico Beyond Its Revolution, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, 09/09/2010 - 11/14/2010
• 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/19/2023 - 02/01/2024

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