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José Guadalupe Posada

The Calavera of the Penitentiary Has Just Arrived. Don't Shrivel Up, Old Skins, Here is Rafael Buendia

n.d.
Photo relief etching on green wove paper
40.1 × 29.9 cm (15.8 × 11.8 in)

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