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JosÈ Guadalupe Posada, artist
Mexican, 1852 - 1913
Ejemplo*LOS ESPIRITUS* (Example of the Spirits) as reprinted on p. 109 of the Monografia..., 1930
Relief etching on zinc
11.8 x 15.7 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.15726

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Artist Biography: Born 2 February 1852 (1851, according to Frances Toor) in Aguacalientes. Died 20 January 1913 in Mexico City.For a discusssion of Posada*s techniques of engraving on type metal and relief etching on zinc(after ca. 1900, with some overlap), see p. xvii of the Introduction in Posada*s Popular Mexican Prints...intro..Roberto Berdecio and Stanley Appelbaum (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1972), p. xvii;~~Reference: Toor, Frances, Paul O*Higgins & Blas Vanegas Arroyo. Monografia: Las Obras de JosÈ Guadalupe Posada,grabador mexicano (Mexico City: Mexican Folkways, 1930)[referred to either as T. or Monografia (1930)~

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