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José Guadalupe Posada

Strange and Unheard of Event! A Pig with the Face of a Man, Eyes of a Fish, and a Horn on His Forehead!

1900
Photo relief etching on wove paper
29.9 × 20.1 cm (11.8 × 7.9 in)

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