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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Skeletons (calaveras) dancing and drinking, relating to the coquettish waitress, corrida in bottom section

Ca. 1910
Type-metal engraving, zincograph and letterpress on tan paper
40 × 29 cm (15.7 × 11.4 in)

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