Frank Romero USA, b. 1941
Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero, 1974
Offset lithograph
Produced at the School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine
Artist's book designed by Frank Romero
1500 copies printed by Toyo Printing, Los Angeles
Photographs are by Frank Romero and Hal Glicksman
Produced at the School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine
Artist's book designed by Frank Romero
1500 copies printed by Toyo Printing, Los Angeles
Photographs are by Frank Romero and Hal Glicksman
25 x 35 in
63.5 x 88.9 cm
63.5 x 88.9 cm
Printer's proof from a total edition of 1500.
In 1973, in conjunction with the landmark exhibition Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero at the University of California, Irvine (which traveled to the Los...
In 1973, in conjunction with the landmark exhibition Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Lujan / Romero at the University of California, Irvine (which traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, in 1974), Frank Romero designed and printed an unnumbered edition of 1,500 posters measuring 25 x 35 inches. This poster served as a condensed version of the exhibition catalogue.
Printed in rainbow colors, the poster features a compilation of photographs from Romero and his fellow Los Four members—Carlos Almaraz, Roberto "Beto" de la Rocha, and Gilbert "Magu" Luján. These images include photographs of family, friends, artworks, and various ephemera. The piece reads like a serape blanket embedded with icons of Chicanidad, challenging both the definition of Chicano art and fine art more broadly, a critique that remains relevant today. When displayed at LACMA fifty-two years ago, the work powerfully asserted a claim to institutional space for Chicanas and Chicanos everywhere for the first time. The poster’s cover is emblazoned with the now-iconic bilingual "Los Four" logo created by Magu and Romero.
— Rafael Barrientos Martinez
Printed in rainbow colors, the poster features a compilation of photographs from Romero and his fellow Los Four members—Carlos Almaraz, Roberto "Beto" de la Rocha, and Gilbert "Magu" Luján. These images include photographs of family, friends, artworks, and various ephemera. The piece reads like a serape blanket embedded with icons of Chicanidad, challenging both the definition of Chicano art and fine art more broadly, a critique that remains relevant today. When displayed at LACMA fifty-two years ago, the work powerfully asserted a claim to institutional space for Chicanas and Chicanos everywhere for the first time. The poster’s cover is emblazoned with the now-iconic bilingual "Los Four" logo created by Magu and Romero.
— Rafael Barrientos Martinez
Provenance
Frank Romero StudioExhibitions
Los Four, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1974Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, 1965-1985, organized by the Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and CARA National Advisory Committee; traveling show to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Fransisco, CA; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM; National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, 1990-93
Los Four: Almaraz / de la Rocha / Luján / Romero, Eastern Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2024De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, A Survey, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York; curator: Rafael Barrientos Martínez, 2024
International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA), Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, NY, 2026
Literature
“De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, A Survey.” Meer, December 11, 2024 (illustrated)Exhibition catalogue, De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, A Survey, Ruiz-Healy Art: New York | San Antonio, 2024 (illustrated)
