Artworks · José Guadalupe Posada

Madero Folk Songs: Even the Ground Trembled

1911 · Relief engraving on wove paper

Image: 25.5 × 16.2 cm (10 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 20 cm (11 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The New Coyote

1911 · Relief etching on paper

40.7 × 29.3 cm (16 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corrido of A Brave Oaxacan

1911 · Relief print on paper

30 × 39.9 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

True Verses about Lino Zamora

1911 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on pink wove paper

29.9 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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The Rebel Calavera of the Federal Army, Merchants, and Artisans

1911 · Photo relief etching on red wove paper

40.2 × 30 cm (15 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Heartfelt Pleas Invoked by the Youth of 40 Years to the Miraculous St. Anthony of Padua Asking for his Consolation

1911 · Photo-relief etching on pink wove paper

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New Verses of the Passionate (Nuevos versos del apasionada)

1911 · Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

Composition: 9 7/8 x 6 1/8" (25.1 x 15.5 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8" (30 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Calaveras of the Masses, no.1

1910 · Photo relief etching on wove paper

39.7 × 29.5 cm (15 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New Oracle or the Book of the Future (Nuevo Oraculo o sea el Libro del Porvenir)

1910 · Book with relief etching in red, one folded with letterpress in black, on tan wove paper

14.4 × 9.5 × 0.4 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Horrible Murder!

1910 · Relief print on paper

29.9 × 40 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Los nuevos versos de Carlos Coronado (The New Verses by Carlos Coronado)

1910 · Zincograph on paper

30 × 40.1 cm (11 13/16 × 15 13/16 in.)

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Unusual Occurence! An Evil Spirit in the Form of a Beautiful Woman

1910 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

30.1 × 39.9 cm (11 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New Verses from Carlos Coronado

1910 · Zincograph on paper

30.2 × 20.4 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

El cancionero popular, num. 18 (The Popular Songbook, No. 18)

1910 · Photo relief etching on pink wove paper

Image: 25 × 36.3 cm (9 7/8 × 14 5/16 in.); Sheet: 30 × 40.2 cm (11 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Derailment in Palo Blanco

1910 · Zincograph on paper

40.2 × 29.9 cm (15 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

¡Terrible y verdadera noticia! (Terrible and Real News!)

1910 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

Image: 24.8 × 16.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 29.9 × 40.2 cm (11 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Very Terrible Example!

1910 · Relief engraving or stereotyped plate on tan wove paper

29.9 × 40.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 in.)

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Ejemplar Acontecimiento! Un Espiritu maligno en figura de mujer bonita

1910 · Double-sided broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 5/16" (24.9 x 16 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 11/16" (30 x 19.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Assault on the Train from Cuernavaca by those execrable bandit Zapatistas (Asalto al tren de Cuernavaca por los excecrables bandidos Zapatistas)

1910 · Double-sided broadside with relief etching and letterpress

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 1/4" (24.9 x 15.9 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 1/8" (29.9 x 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street-Cleaner Calavera (Calavera de los patinadores)

1910 · Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 14 3/16 x 10 1/16" (36 x 25.5 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 7/8" (39.9 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street-Cleaner Calavera (Calavera de los Patinadores)

1910 · Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 14 3/16 x 10 1/16" (36 x 25.5 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 7/8" (39.9 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merry Verse about the Mexican Revolution

1908 · Relief engraving on wove paper

30 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corrido of Juan Dimio

1908 · Relief print on paper

29.9 × 40.6 cm (11 13/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Los Celos del Negro con Don Folias (The Black Man's Jealousy of Don Folias) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1908 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Los Gendarmes (The Policemen) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1908 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Here is the Calavera of the Popular Publisher A. Vanegas Arroyo

1907 · Photo-relief etching on wove paper

40 × 30.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dispute of Spouses who are Always Angry

1907 · Relief print on paper

29.9 × 40.1 cm (11 13/16 × 15 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dispute of Spouses who are Always Angry

1907 · Relief print on paper

30.1 × 20 cm (11 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Grand Ball of Calaveras

1906 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on red wove paper

39.7 × 30.3 cm (15 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

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Very Extravagant Verses

1906 · Relief print on paper

30.5 × 20.1 cm (12 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

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Pretty Girls

1906 · Relief print on paper

30.3 × 20.2 cm (11 15/16 × 8 in.)

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La Rosa Encantada - Primera Parte (The Enchanted Rose - Part One) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Los Novios (The Lovers) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Rosa Encantada - Segunda Parte (The Enchanted Rose - Part Two) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Una corrida de Toros o el amor de Luisa (A Bullfight or Luisa's Love) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Almoneda del Diablo - Segunda Parte (The Devil's Auction - Part Two) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

El Placer de la Niñez: Colección de Monòlogos en la Cocina (The Pleasure of Childhood: Kitchen Monologues) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Almoneda del Diablo - Primera Parte(The Devil's Auction - Part One) from Teatro Infantil: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o titeres (Children's Theater: A Collection of Comedies to be Performed by Children or Puppets)

1906 · One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress

sheet (approx.): 6 × 4" (15.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Printing block for Calavera of the Masses, no. 2

1905 · Zinc alloy plate etched with nitric acid and engraved with burin nailed to wood block (photo-relief etching)

30.3 × 13.2 cm (11 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Bells of the New Courtyard Clock

1905 · Relief engraving on zinc on paper

29.7 × 20.1 cm (11 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)

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Very Interesting News

1905 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

30 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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The Thundering Calavera of the Modern Bells

1905 · Photo relief etching on yellow wove paper

Image recto: 35.8 × 26.2 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Image verso: 35.8 × 25.8 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 40 × 30.5 cm (15 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Alarming and Terrible Flood, Never Before Seen in Guanajuato!

1905 · Photo relief etching with traces of engraving on buff wove paper

40.4 × 30 cm (15 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Calavera of the Masses, no. 2

1905 · Photo relief etching with touches of engaving on green wove paper

Image: 35.4 × 25.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 29.7 cm (16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gift from Calaveras

1905 · Relief print on paper

40.4 × 30 cm (15 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

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Very Terrible Example!

1905 · Relief engraving on wove paper

30 × 40.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 in.)

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Revolutionary Calavera

1905 · Photo-relief etching (drawing style) in black on green wove paper

40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

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The Mausoleum of All the Calaveras That Are Found in a Heap

1905 · Photo relief etching and relief engraving on wove paper

40.5 × 30.3 cm (16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago