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The Comet by José Guadalupe Posada — VisualArtsDB

The Comet

The Comet

José Guadalupe Posada

1899

Medium: Double-sided relief engraving on zinc on paper
Dimensions: 29.6 × 40.4 cm (11 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printTextprints and drawingwoodcutpaper (fiber product)

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