by External Poster » Wed May 01, 2013 9:40 pm
This posting is from: Vera Delmar
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She's officially known as "La Calavera Catrina" which means Dapper or
Elegant Skull. She is a 1910-1913 zinc etching by famous Mexican
printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada.
The image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the
upper class outfit of a European of her time. Her chapeau originally is
related to French and European styles of the early 20th century. She is
meant to portray a satirization of those Mexican natives who Posada felt
were over embracing European traditions of the aristocracy in the
pre-revolutionary era. She in particular, has become an icon of the
Mexican Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. I'm attaching a photo of
me taken before leaving the house to participate in last year's Dia De
Los Muertos (or Day of the Dead) Celebration here in Tucson.
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