...a brilliantly designed composition, the dignified and powerful figure of Posada dominates center stage; the three figures on the left, including Vanegas Arroyo, his publisher, are mere counterpoints to the scene on the right, showing several mounted police in an engagement with an unarmed group of workers and peasants. His sleeves rolled up, burin in hand, Posada compares his engraving with the action outside...
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A Portrait of Posada in his Shop, 1956
25 March 99