Finding aid for the tauromaquia poster collection 0516

Diann Benti

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 April

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Tauromaquia poster collection

Identifier/Call Number: 0516

Physical Description: 1.42 Linear Feet 1 box and 1 oversize folder

Date (inclusive): 1953-1994

Abstract: This artificial collection contains graphic materials related to tauromaquia (bullfighting), chiefly consisting of 38 promotional posters for bullfights in Tijuana, Mexico, dating from circa 1966 to 1973.

Language of Material: English, Spanish; Castilian.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from various sources. The majority of items were received as part of the Mr.and Mrs. Herbert F. Boeckmann collection, 1985.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Tauromaquia poster collection, Collection no. 0516, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Scope and Contents

This artificial collection contains graphic materials related to tauromaquia (bullfighting), chiefly consisting of 38 promotional posters for bullfights in Tijuana, Mexico, dating from circa 1966 to 1973. These small posters, in English, are on card stock measuring from approximately 9.5 x 12.75" to 16 x 22." In addition, there is a set of prints from: "Toreros: Four Water Colors by Nico," printed and published by I.B. Fischer Co., New York City (1953); four oversize posters for a flamenco event and bullfights at the Plaza de Toros Monumental in Spain; a poster for the "La Tauromaquia: Goya Picasso and the Bullfight" exhibit at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California (Jan. 14-Feb. 18, 1987); and an undated poster for "Circus Vargas" (April 1-3) at the Pacific Design Center Parking Lot in Los Angeles.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bullfighters -- Pictorial works

Bullfights -- Pictorial works

Bullfights -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) -- Pictorial works

Bullfights -- Spain -- Pictorial works

Posters

Box 1, Folder 1

"Toreros" Nico watercolor prints 1953

Box 1, Folder 2-4

Tijuana bullfight posters 1966-1973

Box 1, Folder 2

Posters [1966?]

Box 1, Folder 3

Posters 1967-1968

Box 1, Folder 4

Posters 1969-1970

Box 1, Folder 5

Posters 1971-1973

Spanish posters

Oversize-folder 1

Gran Festival de Baile Flamenco … Estrellita Linares

Oversize-folder 1

Plaza de Toros Monumental [reprint?] 1975

Oversize-folder 1

Plaza de Toros Monumental … Paco Camino / Manuel Benitez "Cordobes" / "El Niño de la Capea" [2 variations]

Box 1, Folder 6

Plaza de Toros de Girona ... Genaro Tent [2 copies] 1994

Miscellaneous posters

Box 1, Folder 6

"La Tauromaquia: Goya Picasso and the Bullfight" Fisher Gallery exhibit poster 1987

Box 1, Folder 6

Circus Vargas [April 1-3 at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles] Undated