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Title: Cesar Vive
Creator: Esparza, Ofelia, Artist
Contributor: Esparza, Ofelia, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1993
1993-09-28
1994-04-15
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: "The Image of Cesar Chavez appears integrated into an ear of corn in yellows + greens within a a [sic] red circle where a blk. Aztec Eagle Soars. All this against a blue backgorund with an outlined, eagle pattern. The script: "Cesar Vive" flows along the rt. side of the circle dowward [sic], from where it has surged along w/a large ear of corn composed of skull kernals. Below, new ones sprout w/figures bearing farmworkers flags. The leaves and flowing plant grow out of the earth and skulls."
"Cesar Vive (sic.) - is an allegorical composition which signifies what it states. Cesar Chavez lives in the symbolic Corn (Maiz) plant - nurtured by the new workers (new sprouts) who will carry on his work - they are nurtured by the ones who have gone before them (the skulls in the earth) who continue the cycle - as in the corn plant - to keep not only Cesar's memory alive - but his struggle for farmworkers and other poor laborers continues - reseeding itself to begin again with new seedlings - thus the red circle - the Aztec Eagle, of course, stands for the Farm Workers Union. The skull kernals signify the cycle of life and death - Cesar's death awakens the new and old people to bring the struggle to life again and again." O.Esparza
Atelier 24; Coventry Rag 290 gms; I-size: 22" x 16"; P-size: 26" x 20"; Colors used: 1. Flesh (beige), 2. Yellow, 3. Bright Blue, 4. Red, 5. Sage Green, 6. Dark Blue, 7. Rust Orange, 8. Black; Ed#: 4/60, 20/60; Signed;, Inscription in pencil below the image reads: "4/60, Cesar Vive, Ofelia Esparza, '94" print: José Alpuche; chopmark: embossed "SHG" on the lower left
COPYRIGHT WARNING 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. The Artist of any work retains all rights to that work. 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 http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/ 3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90063 323-264-1059 E-mail: cema@library.ucsb.edu Web: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu
Type: image
Form/Genre: Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb6h4nb4hm
CEMA 3
Language: Spanish
Subject: Aztecs
Agricultural laborers
Farm Workers
Skull in art
Mexican American art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Chicanas
Chicana art
Chávez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Place: Los Angeles, (Calif.)

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