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Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|J. Cortés

Broadsheet relating to commerical/business skeletons (Calavera Comercial) and charlatanism, many skeletons gather around a candle vendor

1908
Photorelief and letterpress on green paper
40 × 29 cm (15.7 × 11.4 in)

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