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Posada (Jose Guadalupe) Broadsides and Booklets Collection
SPC.2019.028
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Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Jose Guadalupe Posada Broadsides and Booklets
creator:
Posada, Jose Guadalupe, 1852-1913
creator:
Pettibon, Raymond, 1957-
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.028
Physical Description:
1 box
Date (inclusive): circa early 1900s;1905-1919; 1982; undated
Language of Material: Collection material is in Spanish.
Abstract: This collection contains eighteen broadsides and two booklets illustrated by Jose Guadalupe Posada, as well as a flyer illustrated
in a similar style to that of Posada. All of the broadsides- published by the press of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, are satirical
in nature and contain images of calaveras, or skulls.
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[title of item] Jose Guadalupe Posada Broadsides and Booklets, Courtesy of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Jose Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) was a Mexican lithographer and printmaker best known for his illustrations of calaveras
(skulls), which would later become most associated with the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Born in
Aguascalientes, Posada began drawing from an early age, and was taught lithography and engraving through an apprenticeship
as a teenager. From there, Posada created lithographs for mostly political newspapers until a flood in Leon, Guanajuato in
1882 – which killed 250 people and left more than 1,400 people missing; led Posada to produce lithographs that followed themes
regarding death and the social implications following the aftermath of the flood. Posada kept using these aforementioned
themes throughout his illustrations while also adding elements of satire. One of his most famous satirical illustrations was
"La Calavera Catrina", an image of an elegantly dressed female skeleton which has become a popular Dia de los Muertos illustration.
The Jose Guadalupe Posada Broadsides and Booklets Collection (circa early 1900s; 1905-1919; 1982; undated) contains eighteen
broadsides and two booklets illustrated by Jose Guadalupe Posada; as well as one flyer containing artwork in a similar style
to that of Posada's by Raymond Pettibon. All of the broadsides- published by the press of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, are satirical
in nature and contain images of calaveras, or skulls which was a popular theme of Posada's illustrations. The majority of
the material in this collection is in Spanish.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
All Souls' Day
Mexico
Artists--Mexico