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Here is the Calaveron of the Penitentiary. Don't break, old bones, for your day has just arrived by José Guadalupe Posada

Here is the Calaveron of the Penitentiary. Don't break, old bones, for your day has just arrived

José Guadalupe Posada · 1871

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Artist
José Guadalupe Posada
Date
1871
Medium
Photo relief etching on yellow wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Mexico
Credit line
William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
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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