Title: Jose Guadalupe Posada Collection
Collection no: 517
Description: Broadsides and chapbooks by the famed Mexican graphic artist, documenting late 19th c and early 20th.c. Mexico. Collection includes Posada's art work, some with text in verse, depicting the calaveras on the Day of the Dead, a collection of religious figures such as the Virgen de Guadalupe, political satire, historical figures, games of chance, popular scandals of the times, atrocities such as earthquakes and fires, and educational domestic items.
Extent: 517-1 through 517-5
Library: Boeckmann Center
Formats: Artworks, Large Format Papers
Topics: Communication, Fine Arts, History, Political Science, Religion
Access: Open for research
Use of this collection is by appointment only. Please contact:
- Name: Barbara Robinson
- Title: Curator & Selector, Iberian & Latin American Studies
- Email: brobinso@usc.edu
- Phone: 213-821-2261
- Fax: 213-740-2343
