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Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras
The Peerless Giant Calavera of Don Quijote, Broadside by José Guadalupe Posada
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), with Manuel Manilla · Vanegas Arroyo calavera broadside, 1913
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A broadside of relief etchings and cuts with letterpress on tan ground-wood paper, 60 by 40.5 cm, larger than the other sheets in this group. Its title: this is the first calavera of Don Quijote, the peerless giant calavera.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress credits both Posada and Manuel Manilla, who also engraved for the Vanegas Arroyo press, and dates it between 1910 and 1913.
What to notice
The knight keeps his lance and his horse; the skeleton does the rest.
Literature's great dreamer, sent to the graveyard with everyone else.
Provenance
- School
- Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras (Various)
- Designer
- José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), with Manuel Manilla
- Printer / house
- Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Mexico City
- Format
- Broadside
- Poster published
- Vanegas Arroyo calavera broadside, 1913
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 99615945
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 2026-11-01.
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