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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

The skeleton of the people’s editor (Antonio Vanegas Arroyo)

1907
Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper (letterpress on both sides of sheet)
40 × 30.5 cm (15.7 × 12 in)

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