Going to Work

Perla de Leon, Going to Work, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.2, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, Going to Work, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 3⁄8 × 9 1⁄2 in. (16.2 × 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, 2016.16.2, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
Going to Work
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 3⁄8 × 9 1⁄2 in. (16.2 × 24.1 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
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
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
  • Cityscape — street
  • Architecture — vehicle — automobile
  • African American
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — apartment
Object Number
2016.16.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.16.2

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Elijah Pierce, Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1972, carved, painted and varnished wood with glitter mounted on painted corrugated cardboard with paper collage, painted stones and glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.260
Christ Carrying the Cross
Artist
Dateca. 1972
carved, painted and varnished wood with glitter mounted on painted corrugated cardboard with paper collage, painted stones and glitter
On view
Elijah Pierce, Peace with Honor, 1973, painted wood, glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David L. Davies, 1992.37.4
Peace with Honor
Artist
Date1973
painted wood, glitter
Not on view
Elijah Pierce, Elephant, ca. 1978, painted and carved wood, pebbles, plastic, and rhinestone, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.60
Elephant
Artist
Dateca. 1978
painted and carved wood, pebbles, plastic, and rhinestone
Not on view
Elijah Pierce, Your Life Is a Book and Every Day Is a Page, 1973, carved and painted wood with glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.261
Your Life Is a Book and Every Day Is a Page
Artist
Date1973
carved and painted wood with glitter
Not on view

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.