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Title
The Women Hold Up The Universe
Creator
Rodriguez, Celia, Artist
Contributor
Rodriguez, Celia, Artist
Torres, Salvador, Artist
Royal Chicano Air Force, Artist
San Diego Artists, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1975
1975-01-01
1975-12-31
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
Torres (Salvador Roberto) papers
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.
Consult repository for copyright holder 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
Description
Five women across horizontal portion of column #T-45 hold arms up to support sky, represented by yellow clouds. At "T" juncture, a woman cradles a half-globe in her arms, a baby rests therein. The sun rises behind her head. Below an abstract feminine figure holds a yin-and-yang symbol, an indigenously-stylized bird, and stars. She rests on a rainbow created by the music of two nude female flautists. These hover on choppy water. Musical notes fill in the arch beneath the rainbow. Background for entire mural is blue.
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: Salvador Roberto Torres c/o California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Library – CEMA, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106 Phone: (805) 893-8563 E-mail: cema@library.ucsb.edu
Type
image
Form/Genre
35mm slide
Murals
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb5v19p2zq
CEMA 38
Language
English
Subject
Chicana art
Chicanas
Chicano art
Chicanos
Globes
Infants in art
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Mural Art
Women in art
Place
San Diego (Calif.)

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