ELIZAM ESCOBAR (1948 - 2021, PUERTO RICAN) Untitled, (Political Cartoon).
Ink on paper, 1974. 273x216 mm; 10 3/4x8 1/2 inches. Signed, Ee, and dated, 74, center right.
Provenance: The artist; Private collection, NY.
Escobar was politically vocal and found like minded activists when he joined an underground movement that fought for the independence of Puerto Rico. Arrested, tried and found guilty of sedition, Escobar was sentenced to prison in 1980 by the United States government. He served19 years, and was released in 1999. After his release he returned to Puerto Rico and taught art at the School of Visual Arts and Design of Puerto Rico, in Old San Juan.
