Broadsheet relating to mothers-in-law, brothers-in-law and sons fighting

Publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Mexican

ca. 1890–1896

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Posada created intentionally humorous illustrations for broadsheets to address gender relations. Here, a tense family situation erupts in violence, with upturned objects emphasizing the chaos. Each participant’s observations and insults are voiced in the text. Their words are rendered in ten-line stanzas that continue on the back of the sheet in a cadence designed to engage the reader.

Posada creaba ilustraciones intencionadamente humorísticas para hojas volantes en las que se describían las relaciones entre los sexos. Aquí, una situación familiar tensa desemboca en un estallido violento y los objetos volcados subrayan el caos. Las observaciones y los insultos de los distintos miembros de la familia se detallan en el texto, que reproduce sus palabras en estrofas de diez versos que continúan en el reverso de la lámina creando una cadencia diseñada para mantener intrigado al lector.

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Title: Broadsheet relating to mothers-in-law, brothers-in-law and sons fighting
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City)
Publisher: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1850–1917, Mexican)
Date: ca. 1890–1896
Medium: Type-metal engraving and letterpress on pink paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (30 × 20 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.179
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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