Title:
Los Angeles
Creator/Contributor:
Shimotsuma, Sister Frances F., Artist
Date:
1992
Subject:
Chicanos
Earthquakes in art
Los Angeles Riot, Los Angeles, California, 1992
Mexican American art
Chicana art
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Note:
A series of concentric and broken yellow circles resembling strata. The center is an outlined apple containing half an orange
surrounded by worms. Two lizards watch the scene from right and left sides.
Colors used: 1. Light Lavender, 2. Baige (sic.), 3. Yellow, 4. Orange, 5. Brown, 6. Blue (Process). "In the print I tried
to capture the powerful force I experienced in the recent California earthquake, together with the graphic description of
it shown on television shortly thereafter. I intended to portray the rupture of the earth and disturbance of all nature.
Included in the print is an orange invaded by a worm which symbolizes California and the recnet destructive riots. The apple
depicts the human condition." Sister F.F.Shimotsuma.
Special Project (Atelier 19 L.A. Riots); Westwinds; I-size: 16 1/8" x 24"; P-size: 20" x 28 1/8"; Ed#: 4/55, 22/55; Signed;,
Inscription in pencil located below image area reads: "Los Angeles [illegible sign], 4/55, Sister Shimotsuma, '92"; chopmark:
"SHG" embossed chopmark below image area .
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Language:
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English
Identifier:
CEMA 3
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