untitled (Condemnation of Discrimination Against the Aged, Blacks, Indians, and Women)

Lesbia Vent Dumois, artist

born 1932

untitled (Condemnation of Discrimination Against the Aged, Blacks, Indians, and Women), 1961

Portfolio/Series title: Declaracion de la Habana (Declaration of Havana)

Where object was made: Cuba

Material/technique: letterpress; woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 302 x 406 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 7/8 x 16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 355 x 483 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Transfer from Art and Architecture Library

Accession number: 1999.0360.21

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Art and Activism: 50 Years of Africana Studies at KU

In the 1900s, Cubans struggled with discrimination and called for a revolution for political freedom. Both of the pictured prints portray key issues addressed in the “Declaration of Havana” by Fidel Castro. The proclamation used early Cuban Nationalist rhetoric and called for an alignment of different social groups in order to fight back against oppression.

Dumois’s print shows that women and Indigenous and Black people were subjugated to the worst forms of marginalization in society. The Cuban nationalist movement of this era called for a unification of marginalized groups to oppose the oppressive regime of Fulgencia Batista (1952–1959). In the second print, Sosabravo shows Castro demanding that all people fight for their rights, and claiming that the revolution was a civic duty for all Cubans. Depicting themes of racism, revolution, and decolonization, the prints allow for a discussion of the social and cultural environment of Cuba and Cuban nationalist thought.

Written by Haleigh and Zach