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Object number:
2022.1.615
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Fiesta de Tlaloc
Maker:
Juanishi Orosco
Date made:
1979
Material / Technique:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H: 23 in, W: 17.75 in
Credit line:
Gift of the Terrazas Martin Family on behalf of Margaret Terrazas-Santos
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Juanishi Orosco
Physical description:
Cyan, Magenta, Process Yellow and black silkscreen print.
Content description:
Poster shows Tlaloc, the water rain god, raining down on a pyramid. On top of the pyramid is a maize. A sun in the center radiates a rainbow. Text reads "18 de MARZO/ SPRING MERCADA/ MUSICA Y COMIDA/ SOUL N SIDE PARK/ FIESTA de COLORES/ NON-TILL 4 C/S SACRAZTLAN GRATIS/ RCAF ©/ SPONSORED BY CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SACRA, CALIFAS"
Places:
Sacramento, California
Organizations:
Royal Chicano Air Force (R.C.A.F.)
Currently on display in
the Great Hall
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More Works by Juanishi Orosco
Juanishi Orosco
La Historia de California - 1977
(1977)
Juanishi Orosco; Jose Montoya
One More Canto
[No date given]
Juanishi Orosco
Fiesta de Tlaloc
(1979)
Juanishi Orosco
Fiesta de Maíz
(1979)