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Title: Phoenix
Creator: Guerrero-Cruz, Dolores, Artist
Contributor: Guerrero-Cruz, Dolores, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1992
1992-01
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: Image of a fire burning and six dark silhouettes of human figures with purple hard hats. A bent street sign reads: "Soto St." Oversized busts of a woman and a child appear behind the courtain of fire, both of them smiling and looking at the viewer. A yellow moon is in the upper right corner against a black background.
Colors used: 1. Lt. Yellow, 2. Trans Flesh, 3. Trans Red, 4. Trans Blue Purple, 5. Trans Orange, 6. Trans Red Purple, 7. Metallic Blue. "The concept of this print is to educate our children, so they have something to look forward [to] instead [of] riots. The Phoenix symbolizes a new beginning." D. Guerrero-Cruz.
4/60, 18/60; Signed;, Inscription in pencil below image area reads: "4/60, 'Phoenix', Dolores Guerreo-Cruz, '92"; chopmark: embossed "SHG" insignia located in lower left corner.
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Type: image
Form/Genre: Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb7w1008mq
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Children in art
Los Angeles Riot, Los Angeles, California, 1992
Chicana art
Mexican American art
Chicanas
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans

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