Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras
Calavera Oaxaqueña — José Guadalupe Posada, 1903
José Guadalupe Posada · Mexican broadside, 1903
What it is
A Posada calavera broadside, part of the same street-sold genre as the Catrina.
Why it matters
Posada produced calaveras constantly and cheaply for the popular press — the form’s power was its volume and its reach, not any single masterwork.
What to notice
The same confident, economical line Posada used across hundreds of broadsides.
Mortality, printed by the thousand and sold for a coin.
Provenance
- School
- Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras (Various)
- Designer
- José Guadalupe Posada
- Format
- Broadside
- Poster published
- Mexican broadside, 1903
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
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