Ignacio screen print poster

Object Details

Local Numbers: AC0615-0000015.tif (AC Scan) 1997.3100.25 (Museum Cat. No.)
Exhibitions Note: In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.

Artist: Cortes, Eduardo Vera
Author: Marques, Rene
Sponsor: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
Collection Donor: Archivo General de Puerto Rico

Artist: Cortes, Eduardo Vera
Author: Marques, Rene
Sponsor: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education

See more items in: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection; Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Movies

Collection Citation: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education Poster Collection, 1940-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Scope and Contents: This silkscreen mimics the look of linoleum, since the artist creates the illusion of texture on the otherwise flat surface typically produced by the silk-screening process. The figure of the mother and child as well as in the man the foreground connects this poster with the tradition of carving religious figures, santos. The film, an adaptation of Rene Marques's short story Los Casos de Ignacio y Santiago (The Stories of Ignacio and Santiago), addresses the absence of community participation and the responsibilities and rights as citizens. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)