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Title: Primas
Creator: Carrasco, Barbara, Artist
Contributor: Carrasco, Barbara, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 2001-04-18
2001-04-20
April 18-20, 2001
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: Portrait of the artist's daughter and niece in an embrace, surrounded by a braid (trensa) showering hearts around the portraits. The trensa represents the older women in the lives of the young girls, nurturing their love for each other and themselves as strong and independent females. The trensa also symbolizes traditional values and customs and rituals. Colors used: Peach, Skin-Beige, Skin-LT. Brown, Lime Green, Turquoise, Purple, and Clear.
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
Maestras II; Coventry Rag, 290 grms. I-size: 18" x 26"; P-size: 22" x 30"; Ed#: 4/62, 6/62; prnt: José Alpuche; mtrx: Destroyed; signed in lower left.
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb7d5nb81z
CEMA 3
Language: Spanish
Subject: Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Prints
Children in art
Girls--Portraits
Family
Chicana art
Chicanas
Graphic arts
Posters
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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