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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras
Calaveras de Confianza, Broadside by José Guadalupe Posada
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) · 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 relief cuts with letterpress text on red ground-wood paper, 40.2 by 30.3 cm: trustworthy calaveras who will give them their ration.
Why it matters
Calavera sheets were sold for the Day of the Dead, with comic verse that buried the living by name or by trade.
What to notice
Etched plates and cut blocks are mixed on one sheet, two methods side by side.
Mockery as a seasonal tradition.
Provenance
- School
- Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras (Various)
- Designer
- José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)
- 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 99615834
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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