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Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|J. Cortés

Broadsheet relating to elegant and pretentious calaveras (skeletons) that become decayed and fetid

ca. 1900–1910
Photorelief and letterpress on purple paper
40 × 30 cm (15.7 × 11.8 in)

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