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Title: Memory Altar
Creator: Murdy, Ann, Artist
Contributor: Murdy, Ann, Artist
Alferov, Alex, 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: Altar on a shelf and tabletop. On the shelves are framed photographs, candles, sugar skulls, a pack of cigarettes, a can of Budweiser, a bottle of Bombay Gin, and small sculptures. On the tabletop is a cornucopia of produce.
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/hb6s2010j9
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Altars
Assemblage (art)
Calaveras
Cemeteries
Chicanas
Chicano art
Chicanos
Beer in art
Candles and lights
Día de los muertos
Flowers in art
Food in art
Marigolds
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Photography in art
Sculpture
Smoking in art
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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