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The Great Ascension by José Guadalupe Posada — VisualArtsDB

The Great Ascension

The Great Ascension

José Guadalupe Posada

1902

Medium: Double-sided relief etching on zinc and typemetal on paper
Dimensions: 29.9 × 20.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingwoodcutpaper (fiber product)

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