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Art Institute of Chicago

13,050 works

Printed broadside 'Los Huelguistas de Orizaba' with a woodcut of figures above three columns of verse.

The Strikers of Orizaba

José Guadalupe Posada, 1918

Printed broadside with song lyrics for Alejandra and Uruapan, with a woodcut of a woman in a patterned shawl.

Alejandra

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a man and women in traditional dress above monthly prediction verses, by José Guadalupe Posada, 1902.

The Continuation, Sirs, of the Forecasts

José Guadalupe Posada, 1902

Broadside print with a bedroom scene of a man in a hat leaning over a figure in bed, with Spanish headline and text.

Crime Never Before Seen!

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Green broadside with black woodcut of a woman surrounded by many suitors in hats, with Spanish verse printed below.

The Woman with 100 Husbands

José Guadalupe Posada, 1901

Woodcut broadside showing a woman stabbing a man while winged devils surround them, with Spanish text below.

Horrible Murder!

José Guadalupe Posada, 1890s

Woodcut broadside of a smiling clock figure with a crowd and cathedral towers above a column of printed verse.

Relox Cathedral

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Broadside print of a train wreck with crowds of figures among derailed cars, above three columns of printed verse.

Crazy Machine!

José Guadalupe Posada, 1920

Woodcut broadside showing people swept by floodwaters past a church tower and houses, with printed text columns below.

The Great Flood

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Broadside with ribbon-framed portraits of a woman with flowers and a uniformed man, above Spanish headline and verse text.

The Terrible Attempt Against the King of Spain

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Broadsheet Corrido de la Lotería with woodcut lottery figures like owl, bee, ram, dog and horse beside printed verses.

Corrido of the Lottery

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Woodcut broadside by José Guadalupe Posada showing a hot air balloon, a man with a telescope, a crowd, and printed Spanish ve

The Great Ascension

José Guadalupe Posada, 1902

Blue broadside with woodcut of a kneeling woman beside a reclining figure under a bare tree and crescent moon, above printed

Sad and Lamentable Cry of a Poor Little Orphan

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Red broadside with black relief engravings of dancing and drinking skeletons in hats, surrounded by printed verse columns.

Here is the Calavera Folks, of All Good Defenders

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Mexican broadside print with skeletal calavera figures in dress and dance poses, surrounded by columns of Spanish verse text.

Here is the Calavera, Gentlemen, of all the Little Do-Gooders

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Yellow broadside by José Guadalupe Posada with printed verses, roses, drummers, a courting couple and a woman with a basket.

All the Little Boys Ask for Their Tarasca

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Pink printed broadside with a woodcut of dressed animals and a guitar player above two columns of Spanish verse.

Very Extravagant Verses

José Guadalupe Posada, 1903

Blue-ink printed Juego del Coyote game board with a coyote head at center, hens on the path, and farmyard vignettes in the co

Game of the Coyote

Follower of José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Posada-style broadside of skeletons playing instruments and holding tools in flames, with verses naming artisans below.

The Artistic Purgatory, Wherein Sprawl the Calaveras of Artists and Artisans

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Printed broadside with an oval portrait of an elderly man in a high collar, honoring Miguel Hidalgo, framed by decorative bor

Long Live the Glorious 16th of September! Honor and Glory to the Priest from Dolores Don Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, I…

José Guadalupe Posada, 1899

Mexican broadside with a large central skull and smaller skulls and bones, surrounded by columns of printed Spanish text.

Pantheon of Miscellany

José Guadalupe Posada, 1919

Broadside print of a skeleton horseman with a lance charging over tumbling skeletons, with verse text in Spanish.

This is Don Quixote's, the First, the Matchless, the Giant Calavera

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Engraved Rococo print of a helmeted warrior with monkeys in military dress, trumpets, flags, and ornate scrollwork.

Les Singes de Mars (The Monkeys of Mars)

Jean Moyreau, 1729

Engraved broadside with a large skull of stacked skeletal forms over crossed bones, title La Gran Calavera, and verse columns

The Great Calavera

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Madame Schmidt (the Artist's Wife)

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1753

Etching of a hunched prisoner bound by chains at the wrists and an ankle shackle, against a dark hatched background.

The Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime ("The Little Prisoner")

Francisco Goya, 1810/20

Gentleman Rider

Edgar Degas, 1866/70

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed cloak and flat cap, with coats of arms and a Latin inscription below.

Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony

Albrecht Dürer, 1524

Etching of the Virgin descending on clouds with angels above a kneeling monk beside a stone tomb.

The Virgin Appearing to St. Simon Stock

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, after 1743

Etching of a haloed saint seated on a cloud with an open book, angels above, and a church under scaffolding below.

St. Gaetano of Thiene

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, after 1757