Portrait of José Guadalupe Posada sitting on a chair with a skeleton . First edition of the silkscreen. Signed.
by McNeill, Ralph
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San Francisco: Galería De La Raza , 1972. Silkscreen; Image size: 44 x 48.5cm; Paper size: 66.2 x 50.6 icm.; Edition Number: 80/122;General Physical Description note: silkscreen; Image size: 24.75 x 19.125 in.; Paper size: 26.125 x 20.125 in.; creator: McNeill, Ralph....Description/Comments:February calendar 1973. Image of a José Guadalupe Posada sitting on a chair and a skeleton standing by his side as if they were posing for a photograph. Both are wearing a very similar suit and hat. The composition is circular and is framed by designs that remind one of an old picture frame. Inside the image area, there is gray lettering that reads: "Posada." Colors: brown and gray. There are two versions of this print: one has a grey background, while the other has a plain white background. The single plain white version is an artist's proof and is signed. Signed, Inscription in pencil below image area reads: "80/122, Posada, R. McNeill 72"...Ralph McNeill promoted. “Arte de los Barrios” as the first California- wide exhibition of Latino artists.....Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books. Berkeley.
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- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
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- Portrait of José Guadalupe Posada sitting on a chair with a skeleton . First edition of the silkscreen. Signed.
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- McNeill, Ralph
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- Used
- Publisher
- San Francisco: Galería De La Raza , 1972
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- Art; Prints - American;
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