La Calavera Catrina
1910–1913 etching by Mexican cartoon illustrator Posada
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Key Takeaways
- La Calavera Catrina is an image and associated character originating as a zinc etching created by the Mexican printmaker and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913).
- Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a satiric broadside as a photo-relief etching.
La Calavera Catrina is an image and associated character originating as a zinc etching created by the Mexican printmaker and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913). The image is usually dated c. 1910–12. Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a satiric broadside as a photo-relief etching.
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