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We Don't Run This Country
Maker: Xico González
Technique: silkscreen
Date Made: 2006
Place Made: United States: California, Sacramento
Measurements: 58.6 cm x 44.4 cm; 23 1/16 in x 17 1/2 in
Main Subject: Labor; Chicano/Latino
Materials: Matte paper (fiber product)
Digitized: Y
Full Text:
We Don't Run This Country But We Sure Carry It! Xico González www.revoltoso.com [artist's signature in pencil] X. González C/S
Acquisition Number: 2012-125
Notes:
C/S -- "Con safos" meaning "same to you" and reference to forestallment of disrespect from others.
(Source -- Grider, Sylvia A. "Con Safos: Mexican-Americans, Names and Graffiti." The Journal of American Folklore 88.348 (1975): 132-142. JSTOR. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/539192>) Date annotated in Mayan numbers. One dot over one long bar represents the number 6.
(Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112511/mayan_number.htm)
Copyright Status:
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