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A skeleton with her back turned wearing a coat and hat, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. by José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton with her back turned wearing a coat and hat, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

José Guadalupe Posada · 1875

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Artist
José Guadalupe Posada
Date
1875
Medium
Type-metal engraving (reproduction?)
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (7.2 × 6 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Jean Charlot, 1930
ART MOVEMENTS
Mexican muralism
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José Guadalupe Posada

José Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican political printmaker whose satirical calaveras, like the iconic La Calavera Catrina, profoundly influenced Latin American art and culture.

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