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Xavier Viramontes
I Remember Mama

circa 2005

$600
£456.46
€533.74
CA$839.13
A$942.66
CHF 501.67
MX$11,656.40
NOK 6,112.96
SEK 5,910.36
DKK 3,981.23
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About the Item

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. This is an etching with gold leaf background. It shows Viramontes' mother, brother and two sisters. It is a salute to motherhood. Viramontes was the subject of a 1-hour documentary "Xavier Viramontes, A Life in Print" which has been shown on PBS. It covers Xavier's early years growing up in a large Hispanic family in the Richmond / San Pablo, area and his involvement with the Galeria de la Raza of San Francisco. In the 1970's, Viramontes designed the poster for the United Farmworkers Union, 'Boycott Grapes’, which is now part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American Art, in Washington, D.C. Born in Richmond, California, Xavier has a BFA Degree in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MA Degree in Printmaking from San Francisco State University. He currently teaches printmaking at City College of San Francisco.
  • Creator:
    Xavier Viramontes (1947, American)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 2005
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Palm Springs, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU308211361532

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