Caribe Village, South Bronx

Media - 2016.16.1 - SAAM-2016.16.1_1 - 122761
Copied Perla de Leon, Caribe Village, South Bronx, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 1⁄8 × 9 1⁄2 in. (15.6 × 24.1 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.1, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
Caribe Village, South Bronx
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 1⁄8 × 9 1⁄2 in. (15.6 × 24.1 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Markings
on front mat lower left in pencil: Perla de Leon Caribe Village on front mat lower right in pencil: #4 on back lower left in pencil: 20f8 sky+ground 2x on back lower right in pencil: "CARIBE VILLAGE, SOUTH BRONX" © 1977 / PERLA DE LEÓN #21
Copyright
© 1980, Perla de Leon
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — apartment
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — shed
Object Number
2016.16.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.16.1

Exhibitions

Photograph of children playing in the water from a fire hydrant by Hiram Maristany
Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
May 11, 2017–August 5, 2017
Smithsonian American Art Museum
America’s urban streets have long inspired documentary photographers. After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.