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Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista

A work made of relief etching from a zinc plate on grayish-ivory china paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of relief etching from a zinc plate on grayish-ivory china paper.

Date:

printed 1944

Artist:

José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913)
published by the Print and Drawing Club of The Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

José Guadalupe Posada

Title

Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Printed 1944

Medium

Relief etching from a zinc plate on grayish-ivory China paper

Dimensions

Image: 29.7 × 13.2 cm (11 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 22 cm (13 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter S. Brewster to the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1951.93

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