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Guide to the Carlos Almaraz and Los Four Ephemera Collection
CEMA 111
CEMA 111
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Title: Carlos Almaraz and Los Four ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 111
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear feet
(one half document box and one oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1960-2013
Abstract: This is a discrete collection containing two boxes of miscellaneous materials that were collected by Charles Schermerhorn
in relation to Carlos Almaraz and the Los Four. Almaraz was one of the members of Los Four, a group of influential artists
in the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles. They broke into the mainstream art world with the first significant Chicano exhibition
at the Los Angeles County Museum. Almaraz was well traveled and well received by collectors. He died in 1989 of AIDS at the
age of 48.
This is a discrete collection containing two boxes of miscellaneous materials that were collected by Charles Schermerhorn
in relation to Carlos Almaraz and the Los Four. Almaraz was one of the members of Los Four, a group of influential artists
in the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles. They broke into the mainstream art world with the first significant Chicano exhibition
at the Los Angeles County Museum. Almaraz was well traveled and well received by collectors. He died in 1989 of AIDS at the
age of 48.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
donated by Charles Schermerhorn on July 9, 2007
[Identification of Item], Carlos Almaraz and Los Four Ephemera collection, CEMA 111. Department of Special Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dan Guerrero Collection on Latino entertainment and the arts (CEMA 78)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Almaraz, Carlos
Four (Art group).
Luján, Gilbert, 1940-2011
Romero, Frank E.