Ex-Generaal
Floating in a vast sea of pale blue, this tiny, ink-stamped profile of a mustachioed man looks almost like a speck of dust, but he carries a heavy history. This satirical vignette by legendary Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada accompanies a poem mocking a former general from the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. The text grumbles about how this once-powerful military man now watches common citizens arming themselves during the Mexican Revolution, though the poem cheekily suggests their pistols might lack the 'trigger' to actually fire. Posada was the master of these cheap, popular prints that poked fun at the elite and captured the gritty, chaotic spirit of his time.
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