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Barbara Carrasco
born El Paso, Texas 1955
Dolores
1999
screenprint on paper
Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2020.22.7
Carrasco chose to create a portrait of Dolores Huerta at a time when the groundbreaking labor organizer was sadly underrecognized for her pivotal role as the cofounder of the United Farm Workers union. The brightly hued print, which references Huerta by first name only, urges viewers to recognize female leadership. The close-up of Huerta's face recalls Andy Warhol's celebrity portraits, casting a beautiful and tireless labor leader as a new kind of icon. |