Existing comment:
Oscar Melara
born San Francisco, California 1949
José Martí
1976
screenprint on paper
Gift of Lincoln Cushing/Docs Populi, 2019.54.5
In a print that resembles the official design of paper currency, Melara depicts writer and political figure José Martí. Melara renders Martí's skin color in shifting shades of beige to brown, as if to call out the leader's belief in the equality of all races. |