Hijos de la gran tortilla (July), from Calendario de Comida 1976

José Montoya, Hijos de la gran tortilla (July), from Calendario de Comida 1976, 1976, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, 2019.52.43
José Montoya, Hijos de la gran tortilla (July), from Calendario de Comida 1976, 1976, screenprint on paper, sheet: 17 1⁄2 in. × 23 in. (44.5 × 58.4 cm) image: 15 5⁄8 × 21 7⁄8 in. (39.7 × 55.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, 2019.52.43

Artwork Details

Title
Hijos de la gran tortilla (July), from Calendario de Comida 1976
Artist
Date
1976
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 17 1⁄2 in. × 23 in. (44.5 × 58.4 cm) image: 15 5⁄8 × 21 7⁄8 in. (39.7 × 55.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection
Mediums Description
screenprint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — foodstuff
  • Chicanx
Object Number
2019.52.43
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2019.52.43

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Marion Post Wolcott, Picketing copper miners on strike waiting for the "scabs" (strikebreakers) to come out of the mine. Ducktown, Tennessee, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.50
Picketing copper miners on strike waiting for the ​“scabs” …
Artist
Date1939, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Marion Post Wolcott, Children of migrant workers. Near Homestead, Florida, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.49
Children of migrant workers. Near Homestead, Florida
Artist
Date1939, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Marion Post Wolcott, Counting ballots to see whether the town will go wet or dry. Woodstock, Vermont, 1940, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.47
Counting ballots to see whether the town will go wet or dry…
Artist
Date1940, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Marion Post Wolcott, Coney Island Lunch, ca. 1938, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.34
Coney Island Lunch
Artist
Dateca. 1938, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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