Gran Calavera Electrica
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58280753
Item data
Title
Gran Calavera Electrica
Collection
Names
Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913 (Printmaker)
Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, 1852-1917 (Printer)
Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, 1852-1917 (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1890 - 1920 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEYSZ
Subjects
Politics and culture -- Mexico
Political satire, Mexican
Calaveras
Genres
Prints
Broadsides
Illustrations
Ephemera
Notes
Citation/Reference: (FBB) Rafael Barajas Durán ... et al. "Posada : 100 años de calaveras". Barcelona, España : RM ; México, D.F. : Fundación BBVA Bancomer, 2013. - MDG+ (Posada) 14-5431 (FEPM) Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana."José Guadalupe Posada, ilustrador de la vida mexicana". [México] Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, 1963. - MEM+ P855pj (Posada, J. G. Jose Guadalupe Posada) (Tyler) Ron Tyler. "Posada's Mexico". Washington : Library of Congress, 1979. - MDG+ (Posada) 80-1244 (Stals) José Lebrero Stals, Ramón Reverté. "Posada : el grabador mexicano". México, D.F. : Editorial RM ; Sevilla : Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, 2005 [i.e. 2006] - MDG+ (Posada) 06-5850 (Jähn) Hannes Jähn. "The works of José Guadalupe Posada = Das Werk von José Guadalupe Posada". Frankfurt am Main : Zweitausendeins, 1978. - MDG (Posada) 80-2582 (AIC) Art Institute of Chicago. "Posada, printmaker to the Mexican people; text by Fernando Gamboa; catalogue by Carl O. Schniewind and Hugh L. Edwards. An exhibition lent by the Direccion general de educacion estetica, Mexico, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1944". Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, 1944. - MDG (Posada)(Art Institute of Chicago.
Physical Description
Engravings
Relief prints
Letterpress works
Extent: Broadside, continued verso
Extent: Paper / Sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 11/16 in. (40.5 x 29.7 cm)
Languages
Identifiers
TMS ID: 382289
TMS Object Number: 120165
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ad914c80-30a6-0138-f4f6-77b730f0b67c
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1890
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gran Calavera Electrica" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890 - 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad914c80-30a6-0138-f4f6-77b730f0b67c
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1890 - 1920). Gran Calavera Electrica Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad914c80-30a6-0138-f4f6-77b730f0b67c
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gran Calavera Electrica" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad914c80-30a6-0138-f4f6-77b730f0b67c
Wikipedia citation
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