Artworks · José Guadalupe Posada

The Devil's Tail (La Cola del diablo)

1891 · Relief etching

composition: 5 1/4 × 3 7/16" (13.4 × 8.7 cm); sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 13/16" (14.6 × 9.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

This is About Don Quixote the First, the Matchless, the Giant Calavera(Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera)

1891 · Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 22 1/16 x 13 7/16" (56 x 34.2 cm); sheet: 23 9/16 x 16" (59.8 x 40.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Example: The Seven Deadly Sins (Ejemplo: Los Siete Vicios)

1891 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 11/16 x 6 1/8" (9.3 x 15.5 cm); sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 1/4" (9.6 x 15.8 cm); mount: 8 15/16 x 11 3/4" (22.7 x 29.8 cm)

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Example: A Girl in a Pact with the Devil (Ejemplo: Una hija en pacto con Satanás)

1891 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 1/2 x 5 5/16" (8.9 x 13.5 cm); sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 3/8" (9.1 x 13.6 cm); mount: 9 x 11 5/8" (22.8 x 29.6 cm)

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Terrible Specimen! A Slanderous Girl, Taken Away by the Demon!!!! (¡Terribilisimo Ejemplar! ¡¡¡¡ Una Niña calumniadora, á quien se lleva el demonio!!!!)

1891 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 9/16 x 5 1/4" (9 x 13.3cm); sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 7/16" (9.4 x 13.8cm); mount: 8 15/16 x 11 9/16" (22.7 x 29.4 cm)

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Ballad of A Dispute Between Mothers-in-Law, Godmothers, and Sons-in-Law (Corrido: Pleito de Suegras, Comadres y Yernos)

1891 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 9/16 x 5 3/8" (9.1 x 13.6 cm); sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 13/16" (9.4 x 14.7 cm); mount: 8 15/16 x 11 11/16" (22.7 x 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Terrible Night (La Terrible Noche)

1891 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 14 1/4 x 9 7/8" (36.2 x 25.1 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16" (40 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

An Outing of the Best in the Mexican Nation

1890 · Double-sided relief print on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

End of the XIX Century

1890 · Double-sided relief etching on zinc on paper

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Los patinadores (The Streetcleaners)

1890 · Relief print on paper

30 × 40.3 cm (11 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

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The Bicycle

1890 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

30.1 × 20.1 cm (11 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

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The Battle of May 5, 1862: The Great Triumph of Mexico over France!

1890 · Relief engraving or photo relief etchin (left) and wood engraving (right) on wove paper

30 × 40.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lamentable and Frightening Example that Happened in the Town of Barca

1890 · Relief engraving on wove paper

29.8 × 20.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

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The Streetcleaners

1890 · Relief print on paper

30 × 20.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.)

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To Die Dreaming

1890 · Photo-relief etching on paper

18.3 × 14.1 cm (7 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

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Heartfelt Pleas

1890 · Photo relief etching on blue wove paper

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Hand-me-downs of the Dandies

1890 · Photo relief etching on paper on yellow wove paper

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The Burial (El Sepelio) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Etching from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 3 7/16 x 13/16" (8.7 x 2 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 3/8" (18.7 x 13.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Veterinarian (El Veterinario) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 3/16 x 3 7/16" (13.1 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 5/8" (18.5 x 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Quack Doctor (El Doctor Improvisado) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 3/16 x 3 3/8" (13.2 x 8.5 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 1/2" (18.5 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

To Die Dreaming (Morir Soñando) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 1/4 x 3 7/16" (13.4 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 9/16" (18.5 x 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

How to Scare Ghosts (Por Finjir Espantos) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Etching from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 1/4 x 3 7/16" (13.4 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/2" (18 x 14 cm)

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Portrait of a Man (Retrato) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 3 1/16 x 2 3/8" (7.7 x 6 cm); sheet: 7 1/4 x 6 1/16" (18.4 x 15.4 cm)

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Testing the Devil (El Testerazo del Devil) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8" (13.4 x 8.6 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/4" (18 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sweepers (Los Patinadores) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2" (13.6 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/4" (18 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bullfighters (Los toreros [juguete]) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 6 15/16 x 2 1/4" (17.6 x 5.7 cm); sheet: 7 3/16 x 5 3/16" (18.3 x 13.2 cm)

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Illustration for a Song (Illustración para un Cuento) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 2 9/16 x 2 11/16" (6.5 x 6.9 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 9/16" (18 x 14.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Gamblerfrom 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 3 1/4 x 2" (8.2 x 5.1cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 3/8" (18 x 13.7cm)

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Ejemplar y ciertisimo suceso en la Republica Mexicana (Exemplary and Truest Success in the Mexican Republic)

1889 · Relief engraving on tan wove paper

Image: 36.2 × 26.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.1 × 29.8 cm (15 13/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The "Typical"

1889 · Relief etching on zinc on paper

18.1 × 13.5 cm (7 3/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

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Clerical Calavera (Calavera Clerical)

1889 · Relief engraving

composition: 2 9/16 x 2 5/16" (6.5 x 5.8 cm); sheet: 2 11/16 x 2 3/8" (6.9 x 6 cm); mount: 11 9/16 x 8 7/16" (29.4 x 21.4 cm)

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Calavera of the Cyclists (Calavera las biciletas)

1889 · Relief engraving

composition: 5 7/8 x 10 1/2" (14.9 x 26.6cm); sheet: 5 7/8 x 10 9/16" (14.9 x 26.9cm)

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March Dedicated to General C. Porfirio Diaz

1888 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching (left) and photo relief etching (right) on green wove paper

20.1 × 39.9 cm (7 15/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

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Calavera of the Good Defenders (Calaveras Los Buenos Valedores)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 1/16 x 2 1/2" (7.8 x 6.3cm); sheet: 3 5/16 x 2 5/8" (8.4 x 6.6cm)

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The Scintillating and Amusing Calavera of Doña Tomasa and Simon, The Water Carrier (Chispeante y divertida Calavera de Doña Tomasa y Simon el Aquador)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 6 x 8 11/16" (15.2 x 22.1 cm); sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 7/8" (15.8 x 22.5 cm); mount: 9 1/4 x 11 11/16" (23.5 x 29.7 cm)

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Alcoholic Calavera (Calavera alcohólica)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 9 x 5 1/2" (22.8 x 13.9cm); sheet: 9 3/16 x 5 5/8" (23.3 x 14.3cm); mount: 11 11/16 x 8 7/8" (29.7 x 22.5 cm)

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A Jig Beyond the Grave (El Jarabe en Ultratumba)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition (irreg.): 4 15/16 x 8 5/16" (12.5 x 21.1 cm); sheet: 4 15/16 x 8 5/16" (12.5 x 21.1 cm)

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Ballad of the End of the World (Corrido: El fin del mundo)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 4 5/8 x 6 1/4" (11.7 x 15.9cm); sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 3/8" (12.1 x 16.2cm)

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Don't Forget Me! (¡Ni acquí te olvidaré!)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2" (8 x 6.3cm); sheet: 3 5/16 x 2 5/8" (8.4 x 6.7cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death of Aurelio Caballero from Yellow Fever in Veracruz

1887 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

39.9 × 30.1 cm (15 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Escape of Jesus Bruno Martinez from Belen Prison

1887 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

40 × 29.7 cm (15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

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Guadalupe Bejarano in the Dungeons of Belén Prison

1886 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

39.8 × 30 cm (15 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

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True Verses about Lino Zamora

1882 · Photo relief etching on green wove paper

29.9 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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The Heavens for a Kiss

1880 · Zinc engraving in black on paper (double-sided)

Sheet: 20.3 × 30 cm (8 × 11 13/16 in.)

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Horrible Murder!

1880 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

30 × 19.7 cm (11 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

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Patriotic Speeches

1880 · Relief engraving on zinc on paper

14.9 × 19.5 cm (5 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

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Lottery Game

1880 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

Image: 30 × 40 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 40 cm (11 15/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Great Bargain Sale, Selling All Mother-in-Laws

1880 · Relief engraving on wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago