Dia de los muertos
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2016201
Description
- Title
- Dia de los muertos
- Creator
- Royal Chicano Air Force, artist
- Published / Created
- [1975]
- Copyright Date
- ©1975
- Publication Place
- Sacramento, California and United States California Sacramento
- Publisher
- RCAF
- Abstract
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Poster shows image of a skeleton wearing a hat with United Farm Workers iconography, a shirt with a large green circle with a smaller red circle inside, and pants. The skeleton appears to be hanging up a poster with information about a parade. The interior poster includes five panels, four with information, and one with images of skulls and bones. Title information is above. Around the information is a border of bones. "RCAF" in lower center of poster
- Description
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BEIN WA Prints +168: Variant 1.
BEIN WA Prints +439: Variant 2.
At least two variants exist. Variant 1 has background of "Dia de los muertos" fully in orange, "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m." in orange on green, "respeto la raza!" and "¡Boycott Gallo!" in red on green, and background behind skulls and bones in lower right in red. Variant 2 has background of "Dia de los muertos" half in red and half in yellow, "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m." in red on green, "respeto la raza!" and "¡Boycott Gallo!" in yellow on green, and background behind skulls and bones in lower right in yellow.
"Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m."
"From Hiram Johnson to St. Mary Cemetery."
"Respeto a la raza!"
"1st annual procession, for more info: 442-7651."
"Boycott CocaCola."
"¡Boycott Gallo!"
"¡Para la gloria de mi raza!"
"The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) is a Sacramento, California-based art collective, founded in 1970 by José Montoya and Esteban Villa. It was one of the 'most important collective artist groups' in the Chicano art movement in California during the 1970s and the 1980s and continues to be influential into the 21st century."
Text in English and Spanish. - Extent
- 1 poster : 64 x 48 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Spanish
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Prints +439
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Posters
Specimens
Mexican American posters - Material
- red, green, yellow, and black ;, paper, ink, and single sided
- Resource Type
- still image and text
- Subject (Geographic)
-
California
Sacramento
Sacramento. - Subject (Topic)
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All Souls' Day
Mexican Americans
Social life and customs
Politics and government
Parades
All Souls' Day in art
Serigraphy - Subjects
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All Souls' Day > California > Sacramento > Posters
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs > Posters
Mexican Americans > Politics and government > Posters
Parades > California > Sacramento > Posters
All Souls' Day in art
Serigraphy > Specimens
All Souls' Day
Mexican Americans > Politics and government
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs
Parades
Serigraphy
California > Sacramento
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15372350
- Object ID (OID)
- 2016201
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