The Contrary Sex
Standing alone in a sea of grey space, this tiny woman looks like she's waiting for a date that's never going to happen. This is plate 25 by Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, the artist famous for creating the iconic skeletons of Día de los Muertos. The Spanish poem at the bottom adds a hilarious twist: women complain that men are the devil, but then secretly hope the devil comes to take them away. It’s a perfect snapshot of Posada’s witty, satirical take on gender relations in early 20th-century Mexico.
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