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Las Mañanitas [Mexican birthday song]
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José Guadalupe Posada
(Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1852–Mexico City, Mexico, 1913)
NationalityMexican, North America
Daten.d.
MediumRelief etching on type metal
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 7 7/8 in. (28 × 20 cm)
Image: 2 3/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5.5 × 8 cm)
Image: 2 3/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5.5 × 8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of M.K. Hage, Jr., 1970; Transfer from the Harry Ransom Center, 1982.1121
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.1121
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Not on viewLas Mañanitas is a traditional Mexican birthday song sung in Mexico at birthday parties, usually early in the morning to awaken the birthday person, also before eating cake, and especially as part of the custom of serenading women.
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José Guadalupe Posada
1875
