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Title: Birth of la Raza
Creator: Felix, Charles, Artist
Contributor: Felix, Charles, Artist
Grupo de Santana, Artist
Chicano Youth, Collaborator
Date Created and/or Issued: April 1974
1974-04-01
1974-04-30
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: Centro Cultural de la Raza 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: Pro-line vinyl on acid-etched concrete freeway support pillar, Chicano Park. Mural depicts a fetus at the intersection of the column and the lintel. On either side, indigenous figures motion to it. Beneath the fetus is a stalk of corn growing from a pyramid. El Grupo de Santana was a group of young muralists from Los Angeles.
Cat.8 046(2)
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: Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101, 619-235-6135, 619-595-0034 fax, E-mail:centro@centroraza.com. Web: http://www.centroraza.com/
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Murals
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb5489p28s
CEMA 12
Language: English
Spanish
Subject: Chicano art
Chicanos
Fetus
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Mural Art
Corn in art
Indians of Mexico
Indians of North America
Native Americans
Pyramids - Mexico
Pyramids in art
Place: San Diego (Calif.)

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