José Guadalupe Posada : 25 Prints Folio 1942

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José Guadalupe Posada : 25 Prints Folio 1942

These prints, many originally published by A. Vanegas Arroyo circa 1890-1910, are restrikes printed by the Taller de Gráfica Popular and issued by La Estampa Mexicana in 1942. The hand-lettered cloth folio includes a bilingual text and the signature of Leopoldo Méndez.

Folio (25 relief prints; 14 x 17.5 cm.)

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25 prints of José Guadalupe Posada

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Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Organizational History Mexico’s foremost political printshop, the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP, Popular Graphic Arts Workshop) has an important place in Mexico’s long history of printmaking in the service of social change. This tradition is largely credited to the seminal work of Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) who was a printmaker and social critic during the Mexican Revolution. The TGP coalesced as an organization in 1937 after the coll...

Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913

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Born in poverty in 1852, Jose Guadalupe Posada (b. February 31, 1853-d. January 20, 1913) became the "Printmaker to the Mexican People," an influence on future Mexican artists such as Orozco and Rivera, and is often compared to such icons as Goya and Daumier. Posada is labelled an artist, a folk illustrator and a political cartoonist; no matter how he is categorized, it is clear that, through his prolific career, "an inarticulate public found expression." Posada left his ...

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Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913

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Born in poverty in 1852, Jose Guadalupe Posada (b. February 31, 1853-d. January 20, 1913) became the "Printmaker to the Mexican People," an influence on future Mexican artists such as Orozco and Rivera, and is often compared to such icons as Goya and Daumier. Posada is labelled an artist, a folk illustrator and a political cartoonist; no matter how he is categorized, it is clear that, through his prolific career, "an inarticulate public found expression." Posada left his ...