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Detail of brown ceramic jar with writing and the signature "Dave" inscribed around the top.

David “Dave” Drake: Potter and Poet

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Artist Tanya Aguiñiga wearing a suit made of glass elements while standing next to the U.S./Mexico border wall

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Uprising of the Mujeres

Media - 2019.26A-F - SAAM-2019.26A-F_1 - 141217

Copied Judith F. Baca, Uprising of the Mujeres, 1979, acrylic on six wooden panels, overall: 96 × 288 in. (243.8 × 731.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and the Luisita L. and Franz H Denghausen Endowment, 2019.26A-F

Artwork Details

Title: Uprising of the Mujeres
Artist: Judith F. Baca
Date: 1979
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: overall: 96 × 288 in. (243.8 × 731.5 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and the Luisita L. and Franz H Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description: acrylic on six wooden panels
Classifications: Painting
Mural
Keywords: Figure group
Landscape — farm
Architecture — industry — factory
Chicano
Occupation — other — reformer
Object Number: 2019.26A-F
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2019.26A-F

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