(MEXICAN CORRIDOS) - Segunda Calavera Taurina de la Nueva Estudiantina...

[Mexico City], [Antonio Vanegas Arroyo], n.y. Broadside. Folio (11½" X 15 3/4"). Very good. A bit delicate about the edges, but overall strong, with only miniscule edge chips and a few old but expert archival edge mends on verso. Exceptionally clean and bright example, crudely printed on pale red stock, of the famed Mexican corrido -- down-to-earth or downright bawdy songs or tales, often in verse, performed in Mexico by roving troubadors, who would usually have them cheaply printed on thin wood-pulp paper stock of various colors in broadside form for sale inexpensively. Most of these contained rustic lithographs illustrating the song. The most celebrated artist who created these graphics was by far José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), who is estimated to have created upwards of 20,000 lithographs for use on popular broadsides and pamphlets covering a variety of social and political topics; but his calaveras (skulls) images, which tie in to the Mexican "Day of the Dead" tradition, came to dominate his images and have garnished much attention. His mentor was Manuel Manilla (1830-95), who worked closely with the Mexico City publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo between 1882 and 1892, as did Posada. Manilla is credited with the graphic on this broadside, a large (6 3/4" X 3½") image depicting a large bull skeleton charging four prancing skeleton figures, all wearing monteras (bullfighter's hat) -- one brandishing a muleta (bullfighter's cape), another playing a guitar and two rattling tambourines. The three-column song beneath them is captioned "A este toro delgado cual espina, Hoy lo viene a torear la estudiantina." The graphic and song are enclose within a large decorative border. Although this is generally attributed to Mexico City's leading penny press operator Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, a credit line along the bottom notes, "Mexico. -- Imprenta Santa Teresa Num. 1. -- Mexico," which suggests that Imprenta Santa Teresa was the press actually employed and that this is the first in a series of numbered corridos. Undated, but likely printed between 1882 and 1892. This is a superb, handsome example of these broadsides which, cheaply printed on thin stock, more often appear in damaged condition. .

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