A black-and-white printed leaflet with Spanish text below an illustration of tumbling buildings and people running and falling.

A black-and-white printed leaflet with Spanish text

¡El fin del mundo se aproxima!

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)

Date

1912
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Type-metal engraving
Contributors

Printed by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Dimensions

Image: 9 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.
Sheet: 12 x 8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c.: ¡El Fin del Mundo \ se aproxima! \ El tmblor de día 19 de Noviembre de 1912, es de los que \ figuran entre los mas terribles, que desde hace ya \ varios años, se vienen sintiéndo en México
Verso:
ORACION. \ A la Santísima Virgen María de Guadalupe para implorar la Paz Pública.
l.l. to l.r.: Imp. de A. Vanegas Arroyo, 2a de Sta. Teresa 43.- México 1912
Collection Name

José Guadalupe Posada Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1978.97
Copyright

Public domain

An Expanding Vision: Six Decades of Works on Paper

April 22–August 22, 2021

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Carter, this exhibition revisits key moments in the Carter’s history of collecting works on paper, highlighting the museum’s path to becoming one of the finest collections of American art in the country.

Location: Off view

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