Posada and Friends by James Todd
Posada and Friends
James Todd
Title
Posada and Friends
Artist
James Todd
1937 - 2025 (biography)Year
2012
Technique
woodcut with handcoloring
Image Size
15 7/8 x 11 7/8" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
1 of 1
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, and editioned
Reference
Paper
tan-tinted wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
JATO102
Price
SOLD
Description
This hand colored woocut by Montana artist James Todd is an homage to the great Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) who may be best known for his "Calaveras", cavorting skeletons that came alive and mimicked every day life.
As the portrait of Posada stares directly into the viewer's eye while in the background an industrialist, a priest, a narcissist and three other calavaras peek over his shoulder.
Posada was one of the most productive illustrators ever, being credited with over 800 separate images. Since this impression is hand colored it is essentially unique, a monoprint, and is editioned 1/1.