Title:
Chinatown livestock series: the beautiful and the ugly
Creator/Contributor:
Loo, Jack, creator
Date:
May 4, 1974
Subject:
Asian Americans--Social life and customs
Comment/Description
The poster features a manipulated photographic image of a group of Chinese men standing behind seated Chinese women at a table.
Three of seated women in the middle are wearing dresses that have been shaded yellow. The background is also shaded yellow.
The text at bottom of image reads, "Rich Chinatown businessmen and the 'so-called' Oriental Beauties." There is additional
text that follows below. The text appears in black. The image and text are contained within a double-line border.
General Physical Description note:
26 x 20 in.
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reproductions of copyrighted material. 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: Kearny Street Workshop c/o California
Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Library – CEMA University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Phone: (805) 893-8563 E-mail:
cema@library.ucsb.edu
From:
Chinatown livestock series: The beautiful and the ugly
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections