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JosÈ Guadalupe Posada, artist
Mexican, 1852 - 1913
Ejemplo *ROBO SACRILEGO* (Example of Sacrilegious Robbery), as reprinted on p. 56 of the Monografia..., 1930
Engraving on type metal
10 x 15 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.16398

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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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