Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista

Prints and Drawings

printed 1944

José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913)
published by the Print and Drawing Club of The Art Institute of Chicago

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: José Guadalupe Posada
Title: Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista
Place: Mexico (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Printed 1944
Medium: Relief etching from a zinc plate on grayish-ivory China paper
Dimensions: Image: 29.7 × 13.2 cm (11 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 22 cm (13 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Walter S. Brewster to the Print and Drawing Club
Reference Number: 1951.93
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