Rebumbio de Calaveras (Skeletons in a Hubbub)

José Guadalupe Posada, artist

1851–1913

Rebumbio de Calaveras (Skeletons in a Hubbub), mid 1800s–early 1900s

Where object was made: Mexico

Material/technique: relief engraving on type-metal

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 151 x 230 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 215 x 338 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 15/16 x 9 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 8 7/16 x 13 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund

Accession number: 1992.0163

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Corpus," Apr-2012, Kris Ercums
Posada’s mass-produced broadsheets helped popularize the calavera, or skull, that is now associated with Day of the Dead festivities. By indiscriminately representing all social types in this broadsheet as calaveras, Posada satirizes the vanity of modern life.

Exhibition Label:
“Selecciones: Mexican Art from the Collection,” Nov-2005, Kate Meyer
Posada’s mass-produced broadsheets were sold on street corners for cents apiece. Works such as Skeletons in a Hubbub helped popularize the calavera, or skeleton, that is now associated with Day of the Dead festivities. By indiscriminately representing all social types in this broadsheet as calaveras, Posada satirizes the vanity of modern life.