Inventory of the Jose Guadalupe Posada Broadsides and Booklets Collection SPC.2019.028
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
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.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[title of item] Jose Guadalupe Posada Broadsides and Booklets, Courtesy of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
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
box 1
Broadside entitled "Revlacion de Ultra Tumba Del Espiritu de Franciso Villa". Includes illustration of Francisco Villa and
poem.
undated
box 1
Las Torres Blancas. No. 7 de la Nueva Coleccion de Canciones Mondernas. Para 1905
1905
box 1
Songbook entitled "El Moderno Payaso: Escogida Recopilacion de Versos y Entreactos Comicos" 1a, Parte. Editor Propiertario
A. Vanegas Arroyo
circa early 1900s
box 1
Flyer for a Black Flag, D.O.A., Descendents, and Minutemen show at the Ukranian Hall, Hollywood, California featuring artwork
by Raymond Pettibon
circa 1982
box 1
Juego de la Oca (game of the goose) gameboard
circa early 1900s
box 1
"La Calavera Tourista" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
box 1
"Barata de Calaveras" [broadside]. Copy 1.
circa early 1900s
box 1
"Barata de Calaveras" [broadside]. Copy 2.
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents
copy 2 contains more imagery than copy 1.
box 1
"Calavera de La Penitenciaria" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
box 1
"La Calavera Taurina" [broadside]
1908
box 1
"Calavera de la Prensa" [broadside]
1919
box 1
"La Horrorosa Cala Vera de la Inundacion de Guanajuato" [broadside]
1905
box 1
"La Hambrienta Calavera" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
box 1
"Un Recuerdo, Mis Amigos, del que ya es hoy Calavera" [broadside]. Verso also contains text and imagery "El Fin Del Mundo
es ya Cierto, Todos Seran Calaveras, ; Adios Todos los Vivientes, Ahora si fue de Deveras"
circa early 1900s
box 1
"Calaveras de Confianza que les Dara su Pitanza" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
box 1
"Calavera del Drenaje" [broadside]. 2 copies.
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents
copies differ in color and condition.
box 1
"La Calavera de Don Juan Tenorio" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
box 1
"Sabrosa Barbacoa de Calaveras"[broadside]
circa early 1900s
box 1
"La Calavera de los Encapuchados" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
"La Calavera de Cupido" [broadside]
circa early 1900s
