Collection of Works Published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Chiefly Illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8m90f5t No online items Finding Aid to the Collection of works published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, chiefly illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada Ramón Hernandez-Somoza and Michele Loran, with James Eason. The Bancroft Library 2016 The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ BANC PIC 2010.025 1 Language of Material: Spanish Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Collection of works published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, chiefly illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada. creator: Posada, José Guadalupe creator: Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2010.025 Physical Description: 390 items(approximately 390 prints in 2 pamphlet boxes, 2 clamshell boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 4 oversize folders): etchings, engravings, lithographs, or woodcuts with letterpress; approximately 40 x 60 cm or smaller. Date (inclusive): approximately 1890s-1925? Abstract: Mexican chapbooks, broadsides, single-fold pamphlets, handbills and other printed ephemera, chiefly issued by Mexico City's leading penny press publisher, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Most are illustrated, by José Guadalupe Posada. Language of Material: Spanish; Castillian Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. Preferred Citation Collection of works published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, chiefly illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada, BANC PIC 2010.025, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Immediate Source of Acquisition The Collection of works published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, chiefly illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Ricker Gallery, Spring 2010. Processing Information Collection processed in 2015. Biographical / Historical José Guadalupe Posada was born in Aguascalientes on February 2, 1852. He was a Mexican printmaker famous for his politically satirical cartoons and sketches. He used skulls, calaveras, and skeletons to make political and cultural critiques. Content Description Mexican chapbooks, broadsides, single-fold pamphlets, handbills and other printed ephemera, chiefly issued by Mexico City's leading penny press publisher, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Most are illustrated, many by José Guadalupe Posada. Included are songbooks; single-sheet corridos (popular ballads); booklets on writing love letters, cooking, etc.; gameboards; and devotional texts and images. Posada's signature "calaveras" (humorous skeletal figures) are well represented. Boxes 1-2: cuadernillos (chapbooks). Boxes 3-4: hojas chicas (small sheets). Box 5 (and oversize C folders): broadsides and single-fold sheets grouped as calaveras, cancioneros populares, gacetas politicas y callejaera [i.e. callejera?], and hojas chicas dobles. Box 6 (and oversize C folders): broadsides and single-fold sheets grouped as loterias, Menudencias (pages from three issues of newspaper El Boletín de Menudencias), gacetas religiosas, and varia (various genres, including sheet music and chapbooks on unfolded sheets). Collection contents were categorized by the seller (a dealer in Latin Americana), as 55 Calaveras, 36 Hojas Chicas Dobles, 24 Cancionero Popular, 155 Hojas Chicas, 19 Gacetas Religiosas, 27 Gaceta Politica y Callejaera, 4 Loteria, 6 Varia, and 56 Cuadernillo. Related Materials [José Guadalupe Posada chapbook collection], The Bancroft Library (NE546.P6 A4 1880.) BANC PIC 2010.025 2 Subjects and Indexing Terms Popular literature -- Mexico Art, Mexican Ephemera -- Mexico Handbills--Mexico Broadsides--Mexico Chapbooks -- Mexico Prints Relief prints Corridos -- Mexico Mexican wit and humor, Pictorial Death in art -- Mexico Mexico--Social life and customs Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. Posada, José Guadalupe Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio Cuadernillos [between 1890 and 1925] Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu1--PIC Teatro infantil: Perico es incorregible: Colección de comedias para representarse por niños o títeres [between 1890 and 1925] Physical Description: 1 item(cover sheet without text inside); 15 x 11 cm Scope and Content Cover illustration with theater curtain. Hand colored internal illustrations of soldiers. Note Publication statement: Editor Propietario A. Vanegas Arroyo. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Teatro infantil Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu2--PIC Galería del teatro infantil: Colección de comedias para niños o títeres: Los celos del negro con D. Folias / C. Suarez [between 1890 and 1925] Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 8 pages); 14 x 10 cm Note Publication statement: Propiedad del Editor A. Vanegas Arroyo. Mexico. Scope and Content Cover illustration of comic scene of a man stabbing another man with policeman standing in the background. Printed signature of Posada, lower right. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Teatro infantil BANC PIC 2010.025 3 Cuadernillos [between 1890 and 1925] Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu3--PIC Galería del Teatro Infantil: La Cola del Diablo / C. Suarez 1918 Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 8 pages); 16 x 10 cm Note Publication statement: Propietario A. Vanegas Arroyo. Mexico. Scope and Content Cover illustration of four people in a room with one man holding a tail. Printed signature of Posada, lower right. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Teatro infantil Note Unopened. Dated 1918, this was published after Jose Guadalupe Posada's death. Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu4--PIC Teatro infantil: El casamiento de Bato: colección de comedias para representarse por niños o títeres. 1918 Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 9 pages); approximately 15 x 10 cm Scope and Content Cover illustration with theater curtain. Note Publication statement: Tip. de la Testa de A.V. Arroyo. Mexico. Prop, Juan Lechuga. Note Dated 1918, this was published after Jose Guadalupe Posada's death. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Teatro infantil Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu5--PIC Segunda parte: Galería del teatro infantil: colección de comedias para niños o títeres / Arreglado por C.S. Suarez. 1904 Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 8 pages); 15 x 10 cm Note Publication statement: Publicadas por A. Vanegas Arroyo. Mexico. Scope and Content Cover illustration of two men fighting with swords on stage with row of four people in the audience visible. Printed signature of Posada, lower right. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Teatro infantil. Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu6--PIC La diva Mexicana: Para el Siglo XX nueva serie de canciones modernas año de 1901. Contiene: la zarzuela por tandas. la revoltosa, (duo.) - la despedida. las tentaciones de San Antonio, (serenatas). Las grandes fiestas presidenciales 1901 Physical Description: 1 item(1 booklet, 8 pages); 14 x 9 cm Note Publication statement: Cuarto Cuaderno Publicado por Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Scope and Content Cover illustration of woman holding an album. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Canciones modernas. BANC PIC 2010.025 4 Cuadernillos [between 1890 and 1925] Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu9--PIC Relatos de ultratumba: "Amor" narración medianimica por Luis Kortey: Las pesadillas y sueños con sus verdaderas explicaciones / C.S. Suarez; Luis Kortey [between 1895 and 1925] Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 10 pages); 14 x 10 cm Scope and Content Cover illustration of a woman sitting at a table with handkerchief in her hand crying. Woman having a vision of a ghost. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Oculto; Mistisimo Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu10--PIC Galería de teatro infantil: los novios [1913] Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 10 pages); 15 x 10 cm Note Publication statement: Propiedad A. Vanegas Arroyo. Mexico. Scope and Content Cover illustration of man holding a guitar serenading a woman on a balcony. Another man stading with hands on his hips appears to be confronting the man serenading. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Teatro infantil. Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu11--PIC Cartas amorosas: colección No. 1 [between 1890 and 1925] Physical Description: 1 item(booklet, 16 pages); 15 x 11 cm Note Publication statement: Mexico. A. Vanegas Arroyo Editor. Scope and Content Cover illustration of a woman with butterfly wings holding a letter with a flaming heart crossed by an arrow. Printed signature of Posada, lower right. Note Form/Genre keywords: Cuadernillos; Cartas amorosas. Box 1 BANC PIC 2010.025:Cu12--PIC Colección de cartas amorosas cuaderno No. 2 /