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Calavera for the Policeman

Smithsonian Institution

Calavera for the Policeman

José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, Aguascalientes, Mexico 1852-died Mexico City, Mexico 1913; Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo, born 1922-died 2001

published 1947

Type: Graphic Arts-Print
Medium: woodcut
Dimensions: image: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.9 × 7.0 cm)
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jack Lord

Marked public domain in the source collection. Check the museum record for image reuse terms.

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