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Title: Spinach
Creator: Rodríguez, Anna M., Artist
Contributor: Rodríguez, Anna M., Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1992
1992-04-24
1992-04-30
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
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Description: The center of the composition is a conglomeration of anthropomorphic forms of legs and feet, and hands and arms in black and white. The top shows a curtain rod with a hanging fabric over which blue type reads: "Spinach never appealed to me / I decided to give it a try" Pink and green type that curves around reads: "I wasn't getting much younger, / so I made the change / No longer is the stuff on the shelf. / But now somehow i [sic] can't get enough / somehow its [sic] always hitting the spot, / especially when they bring it in hot." Red type reads: "I Guess / I Was / Mighty / Green." Smaller blue type at the bottom of the print reads: "hitting the spot by Anna Rodriguez (c. 1992) song by Julia Lee (c. 1949)"
Colors used: 1. Transparent Yellow, 2. Transparent Magenta, 3. Transparent Blue, 4. Black. "Women gaining independence and strength by accepting this sexuality. No longer denying or letting people control or surpress their desires. She can now express virility without denying her womanhood. A woman exploring and enjoying her sexuality with no shame and no need to deny it." A. Rodriguez
Atelier 19 L.A. Riots; Westwinds; I-size: 32 x 24 1/2"; P-size: 40" x 28"; Ed#: 22/44; Signed;, Inscriptionin pencil below image area reads: "Spinach, 22/44, Anna M. Rodriguez"; chopmark: embossed "SHG" insignia located in lower right corner outside of image area.
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Type: image
Form/Genre: Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9n39p3r1
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Women
Emotions
Sex Roles
Chicana art
Mexican American art
Chicanos
Chicanas
Chicano art
Mexican Americans
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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