Jose Guadalupe Posada

Dialogue of Skeletons An Excited Couple or Dialogo de Calaveras Una Pareja Emocionada Original Engraving by the Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada

# 21.- Dialogo de Calaveras (Una Pareja Emocionada)
Dialogue of Skeletons (An Excited Couple)

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Jose Guadalupe Posada (Aguascalientes, 1852 - Mexico City, 1913)
#	Title & Artist	English Title	Date	Medium	-
01.-	Calavera: Guerra Mundial by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Skeleton: World War	1911 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
02.-	Calavera Catrina by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Dapper Skeleton	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
03.-	Calavera de un Revolucionario Zapatista by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Skeleton of a Revolutionary Follower of Zapata	c. 1910 - 1912 (Monografia Edition	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
04.-	Calavera Revolucionaria by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Revolutionary Skeleton	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
05.-	Calaveras "Patinando" by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Streetcleaner Skeletons	c. 1910 - 1912 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
06.-	Cancion: La Locomotora by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Song:The Locamotive	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
07.-	Chispeante y divertida calavera de Dona Tomasa y Simon el aguador by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Witty and Amusing Skeleton of Dona Tomasa and Simon, the Water Carrier	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
08.-	Corrido: Dona Simona by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: Madam Simona	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
09.-	Corrido: El Fin del Mundo 'No. One' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: The End of the World	c. 1895 - 1900 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
10.-	Corrido: El Fin del Mundo 'No. Two' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: The End of the World	c. 1895 - 1900 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
11.-	Corrido: Fusilamiento de Bruno Apresa by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Bruno Apresa's Execution by Fire squad	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
12.-	Corrido: Fusilamiento de Bruno Martinez by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Bruno Martinez Executed by the Firing Squad	1892 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
13.-	Corrido: Incendio de la Valenciana by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: The Valenciana Fire	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
14.-	Corrido: 'La AlfaJorera' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: 'The Nougat Vendor'	1893 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
15.-	Corrido: 'The Rumba' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: 'The Rumba'	c. 1900 - 1910 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
16.-	Corrido: "Las Bicicletas" & "Loa: El Petatero" by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: "The Bicycles" & "Loa: The Sleeping Matt Carrier"	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
17.-	Corrido: Los Lamentos de Bruno Martinez by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: The Lamentations of Bruno Martinez	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
18.-	Corrido: Plaza de San Juan de los Lagos by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: San Juan de los Lagos Square	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Available
19.-	Cuatro Zapatistas Fusilados by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Four Zapatistas Executed by a Fire Squad	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
20.-	Dialogo de Calaveras (Un 'Charro' y Su Amor) by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Dialogue of Skeletons 'A Horseman and his love	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
21.-	Dialogo de Calaveras 'Una Pareja Emocionada' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Dialogue of Skeletons 'An Excited Couple'	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
22.-	Don Ferruco y su amor by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Don Ferruco and his Love	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
23.-	Ejemplo: 'Maria la Chiquita' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Example: 'Maria the Little One'	1897 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
24.-	Ejemplo: 'La Bejarano' by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Example: 'The Bejarano', (Guadalupe Martinez de Bejarano, The Child Killer)	c. 1892 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Available
25.-	El Jarabe en Ultratumba by Jose Guadalupe Posada	The Folk Dance Beyond the Grave	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
26.-	El Muneco de Carton by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Ballad: The Cardboard Doll	c. 1900 - 1910 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Etching on Zinc	Available
27.-	La Gaceta Callejera: La Adultera by Jose Guadalupe Posada	The Street Gazzete: The Adultress	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Available
28.-	La Gaceta Callejera: Manifestacion Anti Clerical by Jose Guadalupe Posada	The Street Gazzete: Anti Clerical Manifestation	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
29.-	Ni Aqui te Olvidare! by Jose Guadalupe Posada	I Won't Even Forget You From Here!	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)	Original Etching on Zinc	Sold
30.-	Pleito de Suegras by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Argument Between Mothers-in-Law	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold
31.-	Separacion del Cuerpo y del Alma by Jose Guadalupe Posada	Separation of the Body and the Soul	c. 1895 (Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Edition: 1943)	Original Engraving on Type Metal	Sold

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Title:	Dialogo de Calaveras (Una Pareja Emocionada) Dialogue of Skeletons (An Excited Couple)
Artist:	Posada, Jose Guadalupe (Aguascalientes, 1852 - Mexico City, 1913)
Date:	c. 1910 (Monografia Edition: 1930)
Medium:	Original Etching on Zinc
Publisher:	Frances Toor, Blas Vanegas Arroyo and Pablo O'Higgins
Note:	"The Spanish word 'calavera' means 'skull', and by extension 'skeleton'. Jose Guadalupe Posada used his 'calavera' prints as social reportage, as manifestos and as political and social satire; in this he has been followed by numerous later graphic artists in Mexico ... This kind of print taps sources that are typically Mexican, for both the Indian heritage (skulls and death-goddesses are common in pre-Columbian art) and the Spanish heritage (the death-orientation of the monastic orders, and the dance-of-death and 'memento mori traditions) have blended in the average Mexican's stoic, but far from humorless, view of death." *
	Jose Guadalupe Posada: The father of Mexican printmaking, Jose Guadalupe Posada was born in Aguascalientes in 1852. As a child he assisted an elder brother who was a school teacher and an uncle who was a potter. In 1868, he was apprenticed to a local printmaker and publisher, Jose Trinidad Pedroza, who specialized in lithography. Posada's first prints are in this medium.
	In 1872 Pedroza opened a second shop in Leon de los Aldamas in the state of Guanajuato and left Posada in charge of it. Posada bought the shop in 1876 and made a comfortable living in this city with both commercial and religious art assignments. He also taught lithography techniques at a local secondary school.
	Jose Guadalupe Posada moved to Mexico City in 1888 and within two years had become the chief artist for Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, a prominent publisher of illustrated broadsides, gazettes, song books, chapbooks and other popular forms of illustrated literature. At this point Posada completely abandoned lithography in favor of engraving on type metal, a process that produces results in relief similar to that of a woodcut. He used this method for his many engravings until about 1900, when he turned to etching upon zinc plates. All of Posada's now famous prints were produced for his publisher, Arroyo, and he continued to work closely with him until his death in 1913.
	Posada's prints cover an amazing range of imagery. National events, disasters, miracles, abnormalities, executions, illustrations to popular songs (corridos), broadsides and street gazettes (gaceta callejera) cover a large portion of his artistic oeuvre. As well, his notorious 'Calaveras' have permanently been placed at the summit of Mexican artistic expression. By means of the Calaveras (Spanish for skulls or skeletons), Posada mimed practically every human folly. In a very strong way, Posada is to Mexico what Daumier, Goya and Hogarth are to their countries. Masters of the succeeding generation, such as Rivera and Orozco, were deeply influenced and indebted to Posada's art.
	A Note on Impressions of Posada's Original Prints: All original Posada engravings are scarce. First edition impressions of Posada's prints are next to impossible to acquire. As they were printed upon the cheapest wove papers used for popular broadsides, songsheets and street gazettes the vast majority simply disintegrated. The few remaining examples accompanied by text are now in the collections of mostly public or national museums. The first posthumous edition of original Posada engravings was published in Mexico City in 1930 by Frances Toor, Blas Vanegas Arroyo and Pablo O'Higgins, entitled, Mongrafia: Las Obras de Jose Guadalupe Posada, Grabador Mexicano. The original Posada plates were collected and printed (sometimes two to a page and always using both sides of the paper) by none other than Diego Rivera and Pablo O'Higgins. This original etching hails from this 1930 set. Even prints from this set are listed as very difficult to acquire.
	A word should also be said about the titles printed with Posada's posthumous impressions. As many dealt with topical events of the day, the publishers of the Monografia had to rely upon the memories of others to ascribe titles to the songs or events portrayed, or to their own imaginations. Variations were not uncommon and when a discrepancy or additional information is provided with the scholarly research detailed in the text above I have noted it. **
	** Note: Dialogo de Calaveras was a title given by the editors of the Monografia. It was originally one of twelve engravings published under the title of El gran panteon amoroso -- "The Big Cemetery of Lovers" . This particular etching portrays a happy and excited couple, most probably about to dance.
Reference:	* Roberto Berdecio and Stanley Appelbaum, eds., Posada's Popular Mexican Prints, New York, Dover Publications, 1972. (The introductory quotation will be found on p. xviii.)
Source:	Monografia: Las Obras de Jose Guadalupe Posada,
Size:	3 1/4 X 2 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with large margins as published in Mexico City in 1930 for the Monografia. As usual with impressions from this publication the paper is slightly brittle and age toned in the outer margins, else the actual etching is finely printed and in good condition throughout. Dialogo de Calaveras (Una Pareja Emocionada) Dialogue of Skeletons (An Excited Couple) represents a superb, original example of the famous 'calavera' art of Jose Guadalupe Posada.
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Dialogo de Calaveras (Una Pareja Emocionada) or Dialogue of Skeletons (An Excited Couple)