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Title: Santísima Muerte
Creator: Rodriguez, Enrique, Artist
Contributor: Rodriguez, Enrique, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: November 5, 1994
1994-11-05
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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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: Three-dimensional painting depicts the Virgen de Guadalupe as a calavera. In her hands is a sacred heart with the face of Christ. The moon upon which she stands has a skeletal face and drinks a bottle of tabasco sauce. Small cherubim sit on guitars on either side of the moon. Interspersed among that rays of light that emanate from la Virgen are milagros in the shape of arms and legs. Small sculptures affixed to the outer edge of the piece form a border. At the top is a blue cross; the rest are bones, bottles, dishes, and flowerpots. The work is signed and dated in the lower right corner, but the signature is indecipherable.
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
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb4n39p22n
CEMA 3
Language: Spanish
Subject: Angels in art
Calaveras
Chicano art
Chicanos
Crosses in art
Heart in art
Jesus Christ in art
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Moon - In art
Milagro
Paintings
Assemblage (art)
Mixed media
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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