A yellowed black-and-white print of two horned devils with long tails dragging a young girl away from a person laying on the ground above Spanish text.

¡Terribilísimo ejemplar! ¡¡¡¡Una niña calumniadora a quien se Ileva el demonio!!!!

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)

Date

1910
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Type-metal engraving
Contributors

Printed by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Dimensions

11 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c.: ¡TERRIBILISIMO EJEMPLAR! \ ¡¡¡¡Una Niña calumniadora, á quien se lleva el Demonio!!!!
Verso:
l.l. to l.r.: Imp. de A. Vanegas Arroyo. 2. de Sta Teresa núm . 43. MEXICO - - 4- 1910
Collection Name

José Guadalupe Posada Collection
Credit Line

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

1978.143
Copyright

Public domain

¡Hombre! Prints by José Guadalupe Posada

October 19, 2013–April 6, 2014

This exhibition, commemorating the centennial of the death of well-known Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, presents a variety of his depictions of male figures; outlaws, fugitives, demons, lovers, politicians, and matadors all can be found in his unique style.

Location: Off view

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