Lot 164
Artist: Jose Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (Mexican, 1852-1913). Publisher: Antonio Venegas Arroyo (Mexican, 1852-1917). (1) "Galeria del Teatro Infantil. La Almoneda del Diablo" zincograph on handmade paper, 1880-1918. Signed in plate at lower right. 12 pages / 6 leaves; (2) "Por Finjir [sic] Espantos. Dialogo Comico en un Acto" zincograph on paper, 1880-1918. Signed in plate at lower right. 12 pages / 6 leaves. A wonderful pair of paper pamphlets by Mexican political printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada. The first is titled "Galeriea del Teatro Infantil. La Almoneda del Diablo," which translates to "Gallery of the Childrens Theatre The Devils Auction" and displays a winged devil behind an auctioneer at a table of bones and skulls on the cover. Size of larger ("Por Finjir"): 4" W x 6" H (10.2 cm x 15.2 cm); of frame (both the same): 7" W x 9" H (17.8 cm x 22.9 cm)
Alternatively, the second pamphlet is titled "Por Finjir [sic] Espantos. Dialogo Comico en un Acto" or "For Faking the Presence of Ghosts. Comic Dialogue in One Act" and shows the image of a man sitting at the edge of a bed as a child under the bed pokes his bottom with a broom.
According to the Posada Art Foundation, "Jose Guadalupe Posada Aguilar was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, February 2, 1852, he died in Mexico City, Mexico, January 20, 1913. Jose Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican artist who lived over one hundred years ago. He worked as a lithographer, engraver and cartoonist or what might be termed a caricaturist because he made drawings that were later photographed for publications such as 'Argos,' 'Gil Blas' or the 'Biblioteca del Nino Mexicano.' He worked at a time when photo-mechanical technology was in its infancy but growing is use. Earlier in his career his images were mainly lithographs and engravings.
Posada's images are among the most widely seen and his legacy perhaps the most influential of all Mexican artists yet his name has yet to achieve the level of recognition as that of artists such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo or Rufino Tamayo. Various aspects of Posada's story are contained in the digital format of this website including some of the latest historical research about Posada, his art as contained in our collection, exhibitions, relevant links, documentary film information and merchandise. From Posada's famed Day of the Dead images, Chicano Art (Latinx Art), the Grateful Dead and social movement imagery, Jose Guadalupe Posada inspiring spirit is ever present."
Provenance: private D. C. collection, California, USA; D. C. is an Emmy Award winning Hollywood writer and Executive Producer, collected before 2000
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- Condition: Both have some tearing at fold and minor nicks and bending to corners. Staining to paper, but imagery and text are still very clear. Both have old inventory number inscribed in pencil on verso. Each set behind glass in custom matte and frame with suspension hooks and stand on verso for display.
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