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The Devil's Tail (La Cola del diablo) by José Guadalupe Posada — VisualArtsDB

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The Devil's Tail (La Cola del diablo)

José Guadalupe Posada

1891

Medium: Relief etching
Dimensions: composition: 5 1/4 × 3 7/16" (13.4 × 8.7 cm); sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 13/16" (14.6 × 9.7 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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