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Title: La Crusada(sic)
Creator: Limón, Leo, Artist
Contributor: Limón, Leo, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1991
1991-04-01
1991-04-05
Publication Information: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection: Self-Help Graphics and Art archives
Rights Information: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Description: "Woman with basket of hearts (corazones) on her head, Nopales on both her sides (with red tuna fruit) Bridge with cars and figures with sombreros. Tic-Tac-Toe of love cards, indigenous motifs, horseriders two palm trees (one on each side), Two large silouette [sic] faces with speech symbols. Liberty bell-flying fish, artists paletts [sic] with flags."
Colors used: 1. Trans. Powder Blue, 2. Violet, 3. Bright Red, 4. Transparent Brown, 5. Phaylo (sic.) Blue, 6. Trans. Light Brown, 7. Green, 8. Off-White, 9. Yellow, 10. Dark Marine Blue. "The story is about my nana when she crossed over to the U.S.A. in 1915. The royal sombrero society crosses over the bridge and the Tic-Tac-Toe of love game we all play. The indigenous symbols which show that we are as one, the horseriders (sic.) show the conquistadores and the anglo-saxon pilgrim then and now as the greenhouse effect manufactures (red truck with greenhouse camper.) The spirit of Wovoka in the ksy (buffalos). The artist paletts (sic.) with flags show us as chicanos an the large silouette (sic.) faces with speech symbols talk of uity (sic.) through the covenent (pledge) belt which on thier sides with the small people with the small people holding hands." L.Limón
Atelier 16; Westwinds; I-size: 35 1/2" x 23"; P-size: 40" x 26"; Ed#:16/60; Signed;, Inscription in pencil on the right side of image reads: "La Crusada, 16/60, Limón, '91"print: Oscar Duardo; chopmark: embossed "SHG" under catus on the bottom right center.
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Type: image
Form/Genre: Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb0580031r
CEMA 3
Language: Spanish
Subject: Women
Nopales
Cactus
Mexican American art
Symbolism
Heart in art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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