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Manuel Manilla José Guadalupe Posada
1891
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Manuel Manilla José Guadalupe Posada
1891
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This image looks like a black-and-white poster with a wild scene. Skeletons are fighting on horseback, swords clashing. One skeleton wears a giant helmet labeled "Don Quijote." The text is in Spanish, with bold headlines and smaller boxes of writing around the edges. The poster mixes humor and dark themes. The fighting skeletons seem to mock a famous story. The artist used sharp lines and shading to make the image pop. Look up engraving to see how artists carve images into metal.