Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN-AMERICANS.) Group of 6 Chicano Movement posters from the San José area. Various sizes, most with tack or staple holes from mounting. Various places, circa 1974-1977

Additional Details

"Dia de Independencia, Dia de Resistencia . . . Marcha con el Contingente del Pueblo." Silkscreen poster, 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. Two examples, both with staple holes in image. San Jose, CA, 18 September 1977?

"Benefit Dance for Danny Trevino Children's Trust Fund and WOMA." Poster, 22 x 16 1/2 inches; minimal wear. Danny Trevino was an unarmed man shot and killed by San Jose police in January 1976; WOMA was the WOMen's Alliance of San Jose. Santa Clara, CA, 27 February [1976].

"Lucky, Unfair, Boycott Non-UFW Grapes, Gallo Wine." Poster, 17 1/4 x 11 inches; staple holes and 2-inch closed tear. No place, undated; the Gallo wine boycott was launched in 1973 and remained in the news through 1976.

"Marcha contra la Migra . . . Un Daño contra Uno es un Daño contra Todos." Poster, 23 x 17 1/2 inches; staple and tack holes, minor soiling. San José, CA: C.A.S.A. [Centro de Acción Social Autónomo], 24 August, circa 1974.

"Boycott Grapes & Lettuce." Poster, 22 x 28 inches; minor edge wear, tack holes, missing an inch of upper right corner. The Smithsonian holds a copy which is credited to Ricardo Favela as designer, 1976. No place: United Farm Workers of America, 1976?