The origins of the image La Calavera Catrina  come from a circa 1910–1913 zinc etching by famous Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada. He primarily did work with lithographs and pictorial cartoons. The original zinc image depicts a partial female skeleton attired in a European styled hat. The etching was meant to satirize  the Mexican natives who had embraced European traditions of the aristocracy. Later this image became an icon of the Mexican Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. In the gallery a modern day rendering of La Calavera Catrina.

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