Demons dancing with women and bats flying through the sky
ca. 1880–1910
Medium
Zincograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (10.5 × 11 cm) Image: 2 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (5.7 × 6.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Roberto Berdecio, 1960
Accession Number
60.678.42
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
This zincograph by José Guadalupe Posada captures a lively yet eerie scene of demons dancing with women beneath a sky filled with bats. Created between 1880 and 1910, the small print exemplifies Posada’s signature style of blending Mexican folk traditions with sharp social commentary. Working primarily in Mexico City, Posada produced thousands of affordable broadsides and illustrations that drew on popular imagery, including skeletons, supernatural beings, and everyday life. The medium of zincograph allowed Posada to create bold, detailed lines that reproduced well on inexpensive paper, makin...
About the Artist
José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican|Mexican) · 1895 |1851 –1910 |1913
Mexican, active ca. 1900–1910|Mexican, 1851–1913