Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(LABOR.) El Teatro Campesino: Voice of the Farmworkers. Screen print, 11 x 14 inches; vertical fold, splash dampstaining. [Davis, CA?]: SNCC, 19 February [1971]

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El Teatro Campesino was formed in late 1965, with its initial target audience being the striking United Farm Workers grape pickers in California. The actors were non-professional and the material was somewhat improvised. Founder Luis Valdez described the performances as "bilingual propaganda theater." This performance at "UCD" (University of California, Davis?) was part of a tour of California campuses, and was sponsored by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.