[Rarebooks] FS: Posada, Printmaker to the Mexican People

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

An item from our new Bookin'! catalog =>
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Bookin-2.pdf>
- - -

Handbill- Posada: Printmaker to the Mexican People.
 Brooklyn Museum: 1944.

DISCUSSION: A handbill for the Brooklyn Museum's September 8-October 15,
1944 exhibition of prints by Jose Guadalupe Posada. Their August 18, 1944
press release for the exhibition explained:

"The Brooklyn Museum will begin its fall exhibition season with a large
show entitled POSADA — PRINTMAKER TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE (September
8-October 15). Lent by the Direccion General de Educacion Estetica,
Mexico, it contains over six hundred prints, blocks and photographic
enlargements and will be installed in four large galleries on the second
floor. The first great printmaker in the New World, Posada’s gigantic
production of twenty-thousand subjects reached the remotest village. The
Mexican people well understood his art, because he re-stated with
simplicity and vigor their own legends and songs, their own inarticulate
hopes and aspirations. Through the medium of his prints he was among those
actively responsible in preparing the way for the 1910 Revolution. Not
only a prophet of the armed-mass uprising, he was a creator of an artistic
expression which reflected a new social philosophy and established the
foundations for a new national art. An excellent draughtsman, his work has
economy of line, boldness of contour and dramatic action. It establishes
him, not as a folk artist, but as a highly competent master who portrayed
his era with passionate honesty and revolutionary zeal."

DESCRIPTION: Handbill, 8.5"x11".

CONDITION: Several chips and tears, creases, minor soil. Fragile. [39572]

PRICE: $60

PICTURES =>
This item & pictures from it are in our new Bookin'! catalog =>
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Bookin-2.pdf>

 - - -


JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS, ABAA
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
on the decorative and fine arts & design

Post Office Box 239
Northampton, Massachusetts 01061 USA
telephone (413) 247-5080

Our WEBSITE-
<http://www.joslinhall.com>

Our LATEST ADDITIONS-
<http://www.joslinhall.com/newadd-today.html>

Our LATEST CATALOG-
Books on Furniture
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Catalog_343.pdf>

Our BLOG-
<http://foggygates.blogspot.com/>

On TWITTER-
<https://twitter.com/joslinhall>

Our EMAIL LIST-
<http://joslinhall.com/mailman/listinfo/jhrbnews_joslinhall.com>

 ~ ~ ~

TERMS:
All payments must be in U.S. funds and negotiable through a U.S. bank; We
accept checks, money orders, American Express, Visa and Mastercard. Books
may be reserved pending payment; Institutions may be billed; Standard
courtesies to institutions and the trade; Postage charges are $5.00 for
the first book, and $2.00 for each additional book. Shipments outside the
U.S. will be billed at cost. We accept returns if we are notified within
ten days of your receipt of the books-please ask for full instructions and
terms. Massachusetts residents must add 5% state sales tax.

As members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America we are
committed to upholding high professional standards and making sure your
bookbuying experience is enjoyable.