The great pantheon of love, ca. 1910–15 (published), Photo-relief and letterpress on green paper, Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in. (40 × 30 cm), Prints, José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913), From the 1880s Posada made prints of calaveras (skeletons) that he circulated through broadsheets. They depict skeletons dancing, playing instruments, and illustrating rhyming ballads (corridos) and stories about love affairs printed on brightly colored paper to be sold by street vendors in markets, on the street, and at festivals
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great pantheon, love, ca, 1910–15, published, Photo-relief, letterpress, green paper, Sheet, 15 3/4, 11 13/16, 40, 30 cm, Prints, José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, 1851–1913, 1880s, prints, calaveras, skeletons, circulated, broadsheets, depict skeletons dancing, playing instruments, illustrating rhyming, ballads, corridos, stories, love affairs, printed, brightly colored, paper, sold, street vendors, markets, street, festivals
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