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A group of men sweeping the street

Creator Name

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José Guadalupe Posada

Cultural Context

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Mexican

Date

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19th century

About the work

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This etching was made during the Porfiriato period in Mexico. Artist José Guadalupe Posada symbolizes the various people of Mexico through their dress. There is a man wearing a bowler hat, a recent immigrant in white cotton, and a man in the short, tight, dark jacket typically worn by the rich. This unlikely grouping looks forced and perhaps even foreboding, with an officious man in the shadows on the far right. But perhaps the point of Posada’s odd arrangement is to encourage the audience to wrestle with the various classes' responsibilities for the greater good of the community.

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Title

A group of men sweeping the street

Creator

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José Guadalupe Posada
José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

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Mexican

Material

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Paper; Ink
Type-metal engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (8.5 × 12.8 cm);
height: 8.5centimetre;
width: 12.8centimetre

Technique

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Engraving process

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Date

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19th century
ca. 1880–1910

Provenance

Gift of Jean Charlot, 1930

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Rights

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Public Domain
Public Domain

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Subjects

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Man; People; Work; Working class; Cleaning; Cleaning tool; Broom; Street; Middle class; Upper class; Sweeping
Men; Working

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Curationist Metadata Contributors

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Jessica Gengler; Sam Bennett

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José Guadalupe Posada, A group of men sweeping the street, circa 1880-1910. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three men of different classes sweep a street, while a fourth man seems to watch in the background. Public Domain.

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