The Bullfight
1924 · Relief print on paper
39.9 × 29.5 cm (15 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Manuel Manilla
Mexican
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Mexican Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Manuel Manilla was a Mexican printmaker and illustrator active in the late 19th century, known for woodcut and engraving work that documented popular Mexican culture and social life. Working primarily in the 1880s and 1890s, he created satirical and documentary imagery that circulated through broadsides and periodicals in Mexico City. His prints captured scenes of daily life, religious processions, and political commentary with direct formal clarity and sharp observational detail. Manilla died in 1900 at age 27.
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