Artworks · José Guadalupe Posada

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

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

1910 · Double-sided broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 9 5/8 x 6 3/4" (24.5 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 8" (29.8 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Horrible Assassination! (¡Horrible Asesinato!)

1910 · Double-sided broadside with relief print, letterpress, and gouache

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 1/2" (24.9 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 11 11/16 x 7 15/16" (29.7 x 20.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Centennial of the Mexican War of Independence in the Year 1910 (El centanario de la independencia de Mexico en el ano de 1910)

1910 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 1/2" (24.9 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 7 7/8" (29.9 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Comet of the Centennial of the Independence War (El Cometa del Centenario de la Independencia)

1910 · Double-sided broadside with relief etching and letterpress

composition: 9 15/16 x 6 1/2" (25.3 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 11 11/16 x 8" (29.7 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Here is the Calavera, gentlemen, of all the good buddies (Acqui la calavera está, señores, de toditos los buenos valedores)

1910 · Broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8" (35.8 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8" (40 x 29.6 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

Untitled

1909 · Relief etching

composition: 11 13/16 x 8 1/4" (30 x 21 cm); sheet (folded): 13 11/16 x 9 5/16" (34.8 x 23.7 cm); sheet (unfolded): 13 11/16 x 18 9/16" (34.8 x 47.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Astonishing Event (Asombroso Suceso)

1909 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 7/16" (25 x 16.3 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 7 15/16" (29.9 x 20.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Popular Songbook no. 2 (El cancionero popular num. 2)

1909 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 10 1/8 x 6 3/8" (25.7 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 11/16 x 7 13/16" (29.7 x 19.8 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

Saint Anthony of Padua (San Antonio de Padua)

1908 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 9/16" (25 x 16.6 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 13/16" (30 x 19.9 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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mad Calaveras of the Guatemalans Mora and Morales (Las bravisimas Calaveras Guatemaltecas de Mora y de Morales)

1907 · Double-sided broadside with relief etching, letterpress, and gouache

composition: 14 3/16 x 10 13/16" (36.1 x 27.4 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 5/8" (39.8 x 29.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A ball, scene from the Mexican Revolution

1906 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 15/16 in. (8.5 × 12.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Emiliano Zapata on horseback, scene from the Mexican Revolution

1906 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 15/16 × 5 5/16 in. (10 × 13.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Emiliano Zapata's supporters attacking a train, scene from the Mexican Revolution

1906 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (8.5 × 15.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of 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

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

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

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

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

Grand Ball of Calaveras (Gran baile de calaveras)

1906 · Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition 13 13/16 x 10" (35.1 x 25.5 cm); sheet 15 13/16 x 11 15/16" (40 x 30.3 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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Very Interesting News

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

30 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago