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Calaveras of the Masses, no.1
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on wove paper · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago

New Oracle or the Book of the Future (Nuevo Oraculo o sea el Libro del Porvenir)
José Guadalupe Posada
Book with relief etching in red, one folded with letterpress in black, on tan wove paper · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago

Unusual Occurence! An Evil Spirit in the Form of a Beautiful Woman
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago

Calavera of the Penitentiary
Manuel Manilla
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on yellow wove paper, discolored · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago

El cancionero popular, num. 18 (The Popular Songbook, No. 18)
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on pink wove paper · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago

¡Terrible y verdadera noticia! (Terrible and Real News!)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago

Assault on the Train from Cuernavaca by those execrable bandit Zapatistas (Asalto al tren de Cuernavaca por los excecrables bandidos Zapatistas)
José Guadalupe Posada
Double-sided broadside with relief etching and letterpress · 1910
Museum of Modern Art

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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1908
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1908
Museum of Modern Art

Here is the Calavera of the Popular Publisher A. Vanegas Arroyo
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo-relief etching on wove paper · 1907
Art Institute of Chicago

New Verses for the Lovelorn
Manuel Manilla
Photo relief etching on green wove paper · 1906
Art Institute of Chicago

Grand Ball of Calaveras
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on red wove paper · 1906
Art Institute of Chicago

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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
One from a series of twenty seven pamphlets with relief etching and letterpress · 1906
Museum of Modern Art

Printing block for Calavera of the Masses, no. 2
José Guadalupe Posada
Zinc alloy plate etched with nitric acid and engraved with burin nailed to wood block (photo-relief etching) · 1905
Art Institute of Chicago

Very Interesting News
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper · 1905
Art Institute of Chicago

The Thundering Calavera of the Modern Bells
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on yellow wove paper · 1905
Art Institute of Chicago

Alarming and Terrible Flood, Never Before Seen in Guanajuato!
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching with traces of engraving on buff wove paper · 1905
Art Institute of Chicago

Calavera of the Masses, no. 2
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching with touches of engaving on green wove paper · 1905
Art Institute of Chicago