Title:
Los De Abajo
Creator/Contributor:
Ortega, Tony, Artist
Date:
1993-05-20
Subject:
Farm Workers
Immigration
Chicano art
Mexican American art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Chávez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Note:
Two trucks--one pink, one purple--are the central image before a deep green and light green background of rolling hills and
grass. People load or unload the purple truck while others stop beside the pink truck, whose driving plate reads: "UFW" (United
Farmers Workers). There is yellow sky with a small blue plane in the upper left-hand corner of the print.
Colors used: 1. Process cyan blue, 2. Process magenta, 3. Process Yellow, 4. Process Orange, 5. Process Violet, 6. Light Green,
7. Black. "'Los de Abajo' - the underdogs or the ones from below. Migrant workers are often see (sic.) as out of sight and
not important, but the provide important work for our society, that is the colletion of our food. This peice is dedicated
in memory of Cesar Chaves who help (sic.) the migrant worker. " T. Ortega
Atelier 23; Coventry Rag, 290 grms; I-size: 22 3/8" x 32 1/4"; P-size: 25 1/2" x 35"; Ed#: 4/58, 6/58; Signed;, Inscription
in white below image area reads: "Los de Abajo, 4/58, Ortega, (c) copyright"
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Type:
Screen Prints
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
CEMA 3
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