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Title: Cosmic Clowns
Creator: Torero, Mario, Artist
Contributor: Torero, Mario, Artist
De la Rosa, Pablo, Artist
Castañeda, Tomás, Artist
Barbosa, Felipe "Felipón", 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: Prigoff (James) slide collection
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: Three brightly-colored faces at the top of the column display unusual traits. They are on a starry background. In the center of the column, a serpent is wrapped around a heart with a knife through it. At the bottom of the column is a phantasmal figure in white.
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: James Prigoff 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/hb929012h3
CEMA 103
Language: English
Subject: Chicano art
Chicanos
Clowns in art
Heart in art
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Mural Art
Serpents in art
Knives in art
Place: San Diego (Calif.)

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