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Very Terrible Example! by José Guadalupe Posada — VisualArtsDB

Very Terrible Example!

Very Terrible Example!

José Guadalupe Posada

1910

Medium: Relief engraving or stereotyped plate on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 29.9 × 40.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 in.)
Genre: relief etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printTextprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)relief etching

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