La Calavera Taurina [caption title]
by Posada, José Guadalupe
- Used
- Condition
- About very good.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Mexico: Tip. A. Vanegas Arroyo, 1900. About very good.. Broadside, 15 x 11 inches. A couple of small chips at edges; two small losses at upper right, slightly affecting border. Light dust soiling, heavier at foot. Attractive and quite scarce calavera broadside, illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada and published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. This broadside, on the subject of bullfighting, prints a large calavera of a matador, clad in the traditional cap and surrounded by the accoutrements of a bullfighter -- sword, cape, and lances. The remainder of the sheet contains a lengthy verse on the many famous matadors who met their fate in the rings of Mexico, as well as several smaller calaveras surrounding the text. This is the first such broadside, printed in about 1900, to use Posada's matador calavera; a broadsheet printed in 1908 also uses this woodcut, but with a different text and additional material on the verso. Of the present work OCLC locates only two copies, at Notre Dame and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. A very good, and unusual, example of the Posada-Arroyo collaboration.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2986
- Title
- La Calavera Taurina [caption title]
- Author
- Posada, José Guadalupe
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tip. A. Vanegas Arroyo
- Place of Publication
- Mexico
- Date Published
- 1900
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We specialize in American history, focusing on unique and eclectic materials such as archives, broadsides, vernacular photography, and interesting or unusual imprints. Particular fields of interest include Western Americana and Latin America.
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