Who’s the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?

Visual Connections for ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now

How are the works by Yolanda López and Mario Torero similar to this famous image of Uncle Sam? How are they different?

Media - 2020.43.1 - SAAM-2020.43.1_1 - 138926

Yolanda López, Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?, 1981, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2020.43.1, © 1978, Yolanda Lopez

Media - 2020.9 - SAAM-2020.9_1-000002 - 138841

Mario Torero, You Are Not a Minority!!, 1977, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mario Acevedo Torero, 2020.9, © 1977, Mario Torero

Media - 1995.84.53 - SAAM-1995.84.53_1 - 67924

James Montgomery Flagg, I Want You for U.S. Army, 1917, chromolithograph on paper. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Barry and Melissa Vilkin, 1995.84.53