Sitting Catrina Ceramic Figurine Hand Made/Painted Mexican Folk Art Collectible

Description

Absolutely whimsical Catrina
Tall- 7 1/2"
Wide- 7"
Base- 5 1/2 x 6 1/2"
This lovely Catrina is sitting in chair. Her dress is very stylish along with her hat.
The head comes off from the body.
La Catrina as we know her originated with Jose Guadalupe Posada, considered the father of Mexican printmaking. Born in 1852, he apprenticed to a local print maker and publisher when he was just 14.
His famous black and white drawings depict the absurdity of taking life, and power-mad dictators like Porfirio Diaz, too seriously.
Posada's lyrical and theatrical political cartoons have delighted people throughout Mexico for more than a century and, because of their timeless expressive quality, many of the images continue to be published worldwide. La Catrina," a skeletal woman fancifully dressed in a plumed floral bonnet, is among his most famous
esqueleto
.  He also wanted people to know that even the rich die as any commoner.
The skeleton figures in Posada's work all live a life of their own, actively pursuing the Revolution, or out for a bicycle ride, while dressed for a fancy ball, making them synonymous with the Day of the Dead.
We will wrap the Catrina
extremely
well.
Great for any home or as a special person in your life.