Saturday, September 19, 2009

Calaveras: macabre Mexican skeleton prints produced for the Day of the Dead





Calaveras: macabre Mexican skeleton prints produced for the Day of the Dead

"Calaveras (Spanish for skulls) are produced in Mexico every year for the Day of the Dead (November 1 and 2). Works made by celebrated Mexican printmakers Manuel Manilla (1830-1895) and JG Posada (1852-1913) have been collected into a book published by Redstone Press to coincide with the opening of two major exhibitions of Mexican art at the British Museum."

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