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Title: Seekers of Gold
Creator: Lee, Betty, Artist
Contributor: Lee, Betty, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999-07-28
1999-12-08
July 28-30, August 3, and December 7-8, 1999
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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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
Description: "The background consists of four different vertical rectangles of men's faces in dark blue tones; an outline map of the United States in red with statistical dots and direction lines emanate from siljouettes [sic] of Chinese laborers circa early 1900." Colors used: Milori Blue, T-DK Cyan Blue, T-LT. Trans baby Blue, T-Ultra Marine Blue, O-Yellow, O-Red, and O-Black; Seekrs of Gold refers to the desire of statistical information in matters especially of immigration and its effect on commerce, population and culture. Real numbers and actually available (sic.) in this work, and they seem to prefer the statistics in their imaginations. Seekers of Gold is intended for the viewer to recall the prevailing attributes given to Chinese immigrants who arrived in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Despite laws intended to prevent discrimination in the workplace, the impact of the newly-arrived, then and now, on American culture is uneasy.
The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Self-Help Graphics & Art 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90063 For further information: (323) 881-6444 Fax: (323) 881-6447 info@selfhelpgraphics.com
Atelier 34; Coventry Rag, 290 grams; I-size: 16" x 20"; P-size: 20" x 26"; Ed#: 4/51, 6/51; prnt: José Alpuche; mtrx: Destroyed; Lower right
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb1h4nb3ch
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Prints
Agricultural laborers
Farm Workers
Immigration
Asian Americans
Chicana art
Chicanas
Asian American art
Chinese
Maps in art
Work
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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