Los de Abajo [The Underdogs]
1993
64 x 89.2 cm (25 3/16 x 35 1/8 in.)
Tony Ortega
(Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1958 - )
Primary
Medium and Support:
Screenprint
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas, 2017
Accession Number:
2017.514
In "Los de abajo", Tony Ortega depicts migrant workers and the integrity of their labor, affirming the important work they do for our society. The print is titled after a famous 1929 novel by Mexican writer Mariano Azuela about the experience of a group of peasants during the Mexican Revolution.