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Calavera Oaxaqueña - Print, Library of Congress collection

Calavera Oaxaqueña - Print, Library of Congress collection

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Summary

Print shows fierce calavera brandishing knife, crowd of calaveras behind him.
Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher.
Signed in plate lower right: Posada.
In 1910 this fierce calavera appeared in a broadside with the headline "Calaveras del montón, número 1," reproduced in Posada's Mexico / Ron Tyler. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1979, p. 268.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.604).
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).

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Date

01/01/1900
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Contributors

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher
Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913, artist
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on reproduction in the U.S.; use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws.

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