Object number:
2022.1.1568
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Corridos
Maker:
Frank M. Duarte, David A. Lopez, Robert Arenivar
Date made:
1983
Material/Technique:
offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 19 in, W: 12 in
Credit line:
Gift of the Terrazas Martin Family on behalf of Margaret Terrazas-Santos
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Multicolored offset lithograph on paper.
Content description:
Poster for a production of "Corridos" by El Teatro Campesino. Text: "El Teatro Campesino, Luis Valdez, and Charles H. Dugan in association with the Theatre Guild of San Francisco present El Teatro Campesino's Corridos. A new music play by Luis Valdez. Seven tragicomedies of love, lust, and death based on popular ballads of a 100 year old Mexican tradition. Opens April 20, 1983. Marines Memorial Theatre. 609 Sutter at Mason 'in the heart of San Francisco's downtown hotel-theatre district.'" Times, ticketing information, group discounts, and contact information are listed. Design elements include two figures dancing, one holding a gun. In the background, a skeleton plays a guitar.
Concepts:
corridos; theatre
Places:
San Francisco
Persons:
Luis Valdez
Organizations:
El Teatro Campesino
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