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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
La Calavera Sevillana, 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 cuts and letterpress on red ground-wood paper, 39.7 by 30.2 cm. Its verse introduces the Sevillian calavera, the skull of a great bullfighter, come to preside over the festivities of Cuatro Dedos.
Why it matters
Posada drew calaveras of every kind of Mexican, and bullfighters were among the most famous people in the country.
What to notice
The torero keeps his costume in death; only the face is gone.
Fame does not outlast the skull.
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 99615832
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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