Artworks · José Guadalupe Posada

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Very Terrible Example!

1905 · Relief engraving on wove paper

30 × 40.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Revolutionary Calavera

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

40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

Horrible Murder!

1905 · Photo-relief etching on tan wove paper

Comp: 30 × 19.7 cm (11 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Horrible Murder! Túxpan

1905 · Relief engraving on wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

A group of Zapata followers on horseback from a broadside entitled 'Most wonderful miracle by the intercession of Our Most Blessed Lady of Perpetual Help worshipped in Cholula'

1905 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 5/16 × 5 3/16 in. (8.4 × 13.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Broadsheet relating to a news story about a young mother who dismembered her newborn, a woman discovering the scene of the crime

1905 · Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

Sheet: 12 3/16 × 7 3/4 in. (31 × 19.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A battle between Federal forces and Zapata followers

1905 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 11/16 × 5 9/16 in. (9.3 × 14.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The thundering skeleton of the modern bells

1905 · Zincograph and letterpress on orange paper

Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (40.2 × 30 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The death of Zapata who has fallen from his horse

1905 · Zincograph

Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 7/8 in. (18 × 15 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Refuge of Sinners: Prayer to Our Lady of Refuge (Refugio de Pecadores: Oración a Nuestra Senora del Refugio)

1905 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 14 x 10 1/4" (35.5 x 26 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 13/16" (39.9 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gran Alarma Escandalosa

1904 · metalcut and letterpress on pink newsprint

sheet: 29 x 19.5 cm (11 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Game of the Goose

1904 · Relief engraving on zinc on paper

29.3 × 39.4 cm (11 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arise from Your Graves, Calaveras...

1904 · Photo relief etching on orange wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

El Casamiento Frustrado - Segunda Parte (The Frustrated Marriage - 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)

1904 · 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 Casamiento Frustrado - Primera Parte (The Frustrated Marriage - 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)

1904 · 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

Por Finjir Espantos (How to Scare Ghosts) 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)

1904 · 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: Pasión Eterna (The Pleasure of Childhood Kitchen Monologues: Eternal Passion) 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)

1904 · 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

Carmela

1904 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 6 3/4 x 4 13/16" (17.2 x 12.2 cm); sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 15/16" (20.2 x 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artistic Purgatory, where lie the Calaveras of the Artists and the Artisans (El Purgatorio Artistico, en el que yacen las Calaveras de los Artistas y Artesanos)

1904 · Double-sided broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition 14 3/8 x 10 7/8" (36.5 x 27.6 cm); sheet 15 3/4 x 11 7/8" (40 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Honor of the Man of Wonders (En Honor Del Señor de las Maravillas)

1904 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 3/4 x 6 3/8" (24.8 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 3/16" (30.1 x 20.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Interesting News

1903 · Double-sided relief engraving on paper

29.9 × 20.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Rumba

1903 · Relief etching in red and black on paper

15.8 × 19.7 cm (6 1/4 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La milagrosa imagen del Señor del Rescate (The Miraculous Image of Our Savior)

1903 · Relief impression from stereotyped plate or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

Image: 35.9 × 26 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 30.3 cm (15 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Calaveras in Abundance at a Fraction of the Price, as Never Before Seen in this whole capital

1903 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on green wove paper

40.3 × 30 cm (15 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

True Portrait of Our Lord of the Hospital

1903 · Double-sided relief engraving on paper

40.6 × 30 cm (16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Most Holy Virgin of Solitude

1903 · Double-sided relief engraving on zinc on paper

29.9 × 20.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Broadsheet about the authors of Mexico's national anthem, portrait of Don Jaime Nuvo at center

1903 · Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper

Sheet: 11 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (29.5 × 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Broadsheet with comic verses, a group of animals wearing human clothes and playing music

1903 · Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

Sheet: 12 in. × 7 15/16 in. (30.5 × 20.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Great, Scandalous Alarm (Gran Alarma Escandalosa)

1903 · Double-sided broadside with relief etching and letterpress

composition: 9 11/16 x 6 3/8" (24.6 x 16.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 7 11/16 x 7 7/8" (19.6 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Great Cemetery of Love (El Gran Panteón Amoroso)

1903 · Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

Composition: 14 3/16 x 10 11/16" (36 x 27.2 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16" (40 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Child Saint of Atocha (El Santo Niño de Atocha)

1903 · Double-sided broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 14 1/16 x 10 5/16" (35.7 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16" (40 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Praises and Tender Goodbyes (Alabanzas y Tierno Despedimento)

1903 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 11/16 x 6 1/4" (24.6 x 15.8 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4" (29.8 x 19.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The American Mosquito (El Mosquito Americano)

1903 · Double-sided broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 9 7/8 x 6 1/2" (25.1 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 8" (30 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The American Mosquito (El Mosquito Americano)

1903 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 13/16 x 6 3/8" (24.9 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 13/16" (25.8 x 17.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Very Extravagant, Fun, and Fabulous Verses for Laughing and Passing the Time for All the Curious (Versos muy extravagantes divertidos, fabulosos de reir y pasar el rato para todos los curiosos)

1903 · Broadside with relief etching and letterpress

composition: 9 5/8 x 6 7/16" (24.5 x 16.4 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 7 13/16" (29.5 x 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Shooting of the Criminal Esteban Leos(El Fusilamiento del Criminal Esteban Leos)

1903 · Double-sided broadside with relief print and letterpress

composition: 9 11/16 x 6 3/8" (24.6 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8" (30 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Crime Never Before Seen! (Tomás Sanchez)

1902 · Relief engraving on wove paper

30.1 × 20 cm (11 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Neighborhood Dispute

1902 · Double-sided relief engraving on zinc on paper

29.4 × 19.9 cm (11 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Great Ascension

1902 · Double-sided relief etching on zinc and typemetal on paper

29.9 × 20.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Continuation, Sirs, of the Forecasts

1902 · Double-sided relief engraving on paper

29.9 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Terrible Crime Never Before Seen! Woman worse than the wild beasts!! A little girl with clothing sewn to her body

1902 · Photo relief etching on tan wove paper

29.9 × 20.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Grand Electric Calavera as a Present to You, A Calavera of Pure Electricity

1902 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on paper

40.7 × 30.1 cm (16 1/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Calavera of the Peoples' Editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

1902 · Relief engraving on wove paper

40.2 × 30.2 cm (15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Very Interesting News... (Muy Interesante Noticia...)

1902 · Double-sided broadside with relief engraving and letterpress

composition: 9 15/16 x 6 1/2" (25.2 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 1/16" (29.2 x 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art