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Auction archive: Lot number 26

Calavera Huertista print

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$237
Auction archive: Lot number 26

Calavera Huertista print

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$237
Beschreibung:

Woodcut. 26.4x26.4 cm (10½x10½"). (Follower of) José Guadalupe Posada possibly after Manuel Manilla Stylistically inspired by Posada, sometimes so much so that the piece was mistakenly attributed to him. La Calavera Huertista, an etching of a many-legged, skull-headed creature surrounded by the wreckage of other, half-devoured calaveras. Named for Victoriano Huerta, a general who helped overthrow the Mexican President, the print refers to events that happened after Posada’s death.

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
4 Mar 2021
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Woodcut. 26.4x26.4 cm (10½x10½"). (Follower of) José Guadalupe Posada possibly after Manuel Manilla Stylistically inspired by Posada, sometimes so much so that the piece was mistakenly attributed to him. La Calavera Huertista, an etching of a many-legged, skull-headed creature surrounded by the wreckage of other, half-devoured calaveras. Named for Victoriano Huerta, a general who helped overthrow the Mexican President, the print refers to events that happened after Posada’s death.

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
4 Mar 2021
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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