Calavera "Clerical"
Jose Guadelupe Posada
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
José Guadalupe Posada’s prints depicting calaveras (skeletons) are similar to ones that Kahlo and Rivera collected. Posada’s satirical images lampooned President Porfirio Díaz and those around him, and influenced many post-Revolutionary artists.
Caption
Jose Guadelupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913). Calavera "Clerical", Relief engraving on wove paper , 2 15/16 × 3 3/8 in. (7.5 × 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wilfred P. Cohen, 66.132.9. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Calavera "Clerical"
Medium
Relief engraving on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
2 15/16 × 3 3/8 in. (7.5 × 8.6 cm)
Inscriptions
"10" inscribed in graphite on upper right corner of recto
Credit Line
Gift of Wilfred P. Cohen
Accession Number
66.132.9
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