Calavera Tapatia crawfish layered greens

layered greens

this print is mesmerising and intellectual

Anne Francis

maritime drama that pairs perfectly with Haeckel's jellyfish and copepod plates

It is one of the 100 lithographs in Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature)

Calavera Tapatia crawfish layered greensTitle: Calavera Tapatia Creator: Manuel Manilla Date: ca. 1880 to 1895 Place of origin: Mexico Manuel Manilla (ca. 18301895) was a Mexican engraver and printmaker who worked from 1882 for the Mexico City publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. He was the immediate predecessor of Jos Guadalupe Posada at that press and one of the first to give the calavera, the skeleton figure of Mexican popular imagery, its satirical everyday character. Calavera Tapatia