Skeletons Racing

Title

Skeletons Racing

Rights

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.

Creator

Jose Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913)

Date

ca. 1891

Description

A print in black and white of a metal engraving, though the background is aged so it looks light brown in color. It shows it group of skeletons racing one another on bicycles. From left to right the larger skeletons; a skeleton with four flowers spouting from his head, a skeleton with long wings, a long beard, and wearing a fez, a skeleton with a long open jaw and wearing a dark beanie, a skeleton with an open mount, moustache, and feathered hat, and lastly another skeleton with a moustache but a top hat. On the foreground are three smaller skeletons, left to right; one with an open jaw and elongated skull, one with a sombrero/gallon cowboy hat, and one wearing a skirt with an X on its head. Also on the ground is a fallen skeleton wearing a knight's helmet. The top left of the print also has a skeleton sporting a grin.

Format

Metal engraving. Print. 6 1/16 x 10 9/16 in. (15.4 x 26.8 cm)

Publisher

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Contributor

Akira Castillo

Identifier

30.82.112

Subject

Dia; De; Los; Muertos; Day; of; the; Dead; Jose; Guadalupe; Posada; Skeletons; Calaveras; Racing; Bicycles.

Source

Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed October 20th, 2023.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/372097