• Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc
Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc
Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc
Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc
Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc

Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc

Mattatuck Museum
Dewey Tafoya (created by)
Mattatuck Historical Society (owned by)
2018 (Date manufactured/created)
paper, ink; serigraph
paper, ink
26 in. H X 18 in. W
34.625 in H X 26.75 in W
Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc depicts Cortez-type tennis shoes. The shoes have been "decolonized" and reclaimed by the Aztec leader Cuauhtémoc. They symbolize the barrio, decolonization, resilience, and the myth of the burning of Cuauhtémoc’s feet.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 2022
2022.16.1