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Already the Authority... by José Guadalupe Posada — VisualArtsDB

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Relief etching
Already the Authority...

Already the Authority...

Already the Authority...

José Guadalupe Posada

1871–1913

Medium: Relief print on paper
Dimensions: 30 × 20.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.)
Genre: Relief etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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